Take them to a local machine shop. They should have no problem either turning the existing ones to get the wire groove out or making a new set with "rounder" grooves.
On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 6:52 PM Jim Reinardy via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Our single fleet club is organized as a social racing club to distinguish > us from the two brick and mortar clubs in our bay. Our tag line is > “Serious Fun, not Serious Racing”. We generally get about 45 boats ranging > from true racing machines to 22 foot cruisers using volunteer committee > boats from the fleet. > > Some of the things we do to keep things fun include the sliding PRHF as > Bob describes. In our version, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place boats in each > division lose 9, 6 and 3 points off their PHRF for the next week. 4th > place stays the same and the rest of the fleet that raced gets an > additional 2 points added. This keeps anybody from running away with a > division, believe me! We also run a mix of spinnaker and Jib/Main only > races with a time penalty for using a spinnaker to keep things even. This > keeps the more advanced boats interested, but also maintains some balance > with boats that either don’t have a spinnaker or don’t want to fly it. > Another provision is a guest skipper bonus, which is a half point deduction > on the series score for any skipper that hops on a different boat for a > race. This has been great for new members that need a little mentoring. > > The club is very protective of our reputation for welcoming new racers and > we have actually asked overly aggressive boats to find another fleet at > times. We also run classes on racing, rules, committee boat duties and > even boat maintenance to help our members stay in the sport. Our website > at www.mastracing.org also has a stripped down, common sense version of > the rules available that one of our members wrote a while ago. That is > required reading for our membership and might be something you could use > for those starting out. > > In terms of why we race, when we started a big reason was to nudge us to > use the boat at least once a week and stretch our comfort zone by going out > in conditions that would not necessarily be attractive for a pleasure > sail. It’s evolved into a very social thing now, as over the years we have > maneuvered our slip location to be near our fellow racers. Pre-COVID, this > resulted in some pretty impressive shared meals on the dock after the race > and a general party atmosphere. We race on Friday nights, which is also a > factor in this. On the whole, I think there is room for a lower stress > racing series to try and lure more people into the sport and I would urge > interested clubs to give it a try. > > Jim Reinardy > C&C 30-2 “Firewater” > Milwaukee, WI > > Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef> > ------------------------------ > *From:* dwight veinot via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, January 30, 2021 3:29:33 PM > *To:* Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > *Cc:* dwight veinot <dwight...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* Stus-List Re: Racing fleets and getting sailors to participate > > Sort of funny how all the egos go for the line i did it many times take > him up no room to go up no protests nobody wants to go to protests. Fleet > racing accidents happen. Then after the aggressive start line close packed > maneuvers things spread out, crew loses focus and then another chance for > collision at the first mark and so on and on and then maybe a bewildered > and disgruntled crew afterwards talking about what went wrong. I am a > dedicated cruiser now but i still love watching Americas Cup started > following way back when Stars and Stripes and Dennis Connor was in the > thick a lot of changes and new developments since then thats what i like > and the presentations of races is so good nowadays its very exiting nothing > at all like watching the grass grow or the paint dry and so very technical > and experimental. Next races Prada Cup Final Luna Rossa vs Brittania feb > 13-22 > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 4:26 PM Bob Mann via CnC-List < > cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Video tape all starts from the committee boat and use these for review. > Always surprising how far from the line boats are at the start, especially > in the middle of the line. > > Our local group (multiple clubs in one organization) implemented > golf-style handicapping last year. We call it Delta class. Based on your > result from last week your rating may change. Unfortunately, I don't have > more details on what they did but can put you in touch with someone. > > Bob Mann > Detroit - DRYA > > On 01/30/2021 9:58 AM David Knecht via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > I noticed looking at Bill’s link about his spinnaker that his club has > three racing fleets: *Spinnaker, Family JAM and Jib & Main* . I don’t > know what those represent, but am curious. > > I am in charge of racing for our club this year (for the first time) and > one of the things I am looking into is whether we can increase > participation in racing by our members. One idea I am exploring is having > a “green fleet” for those new to raicng to get them invoved in a low stress > format (primarily start timing when you get to the line). We would also > have a pre and post race skippers meeting/discussion to talk about the > race, rules, etc.. > This group seems like a good place to get ideas as to what other clubs do > in terms of racing fleets and encouraging participation from those who are > not traditionally participating. Has anything in particular worked well > for your club? Thanks- Dave > > S/V Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - > Stu > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks > - Stu
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