A ballot has been sent to current NCESA Regular members to vote on changes to the By Laws and Scantling Rules. See links in the post for an explaination of the changes. [...]
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The Scantling Rule change for the method to attach the jib to the forestay was passed. 80% of those Regular membership that voted were in favor of the change. The following rules would change (red indicates additions): [...] Rules Committee chairperson, Matt Schmidt, took these pictures of the new Melges boat. These were taken at the ILYA regatta. Since that regatta Melges made some changes for the Nationals Regatta – most notably was the return to the standard boom and vang arrangement. [...] Goals: Develop a new E scow that was more cost effective to produce both in terms of labor and raw materials and at the same time making her easier, safer and more fun to sail. Results thus far: [...] The Board of Directors has approved a recommendation by the Rule Committee to allow an experiment request by Melges for a new deck mold and internal structure. Commodore Art Brereton had this to say about the request: Art’s cover letter on hull experiment (MS Word) Arts-cover-letter-on-hull-experiment (PDF) Rules Committee recommendation: 2011 Hull Structure Experiment [...] Three people have accepted important roles in the NCESA [...] APPEAL 105 UM8 vs. UM10 Rule 18.2(b), Mark-Room: Giving Mark-Room Definitions, Mark-Room In the definition Mark-Room, the phrase “room to sail to the mark” means space to sail in a seamanlike way to a position close to, and on the required side of, the mark. When the mark is abeam of the boat’s bow and she is close to it, she has arrived “at” it. While “at” the mark, the boat is entitled to room to sail her proper course. Facts and Decision of the Protest Committee UM8 and UM10, overlapped on port tack with UM8 inside, approached a leeward mark to be left to port and subsequently rounded it as shown in the diagram. UM8 protested UM10 under rule 18.2(b) for not giving her enough room to sail to the mark and round it. The protest committee decided that UM10 did give UM8 the room she was entitled to, both while she was sailing to the mark and while she was at the mark, and denied the protest. UM8 appealed. Decision of the Appeals Committee The definition Mark-Room creates an important distinction between the room, as defined by the definition Room, to which a boat is entitled while she is sailing “to” a mark and the room to which she is entitled while “at” the mark. The phrase “room to sail to the mark” in the definition Mark-Room means space to sail in a seamanlike way to a position close to, and on the required side of, the mark. While “at” the mark, however, she is entitled to room to sail her proper course. The transition between the two types of room occurs at the moment the boat arrives “at” the mark. In this case, UM8 is “at” the mark in position 3 in the diagram because the mark is abeam of her bow and she is close to the mark. We agree with the protest committee’s application of rule 18.2(b) and the two components of the definition Mark-Room. Therefore, the appeal is denied and the decision of the protest committee is upheld. December 2010 [...] If you are interested in joining this experiment, complete an Experimental Request Form and return it to the Rules Committee Chair: Ted Beier [...] Jib Ballot RECALLED – Letter from Commodore Art Brereton [...] So, what is a head foil you ask? Here is Harken’s description of the ones they sell. [...] |
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