Board of Governors (BOG) Meeting
July 22nd, 2004 @ Barrington, RI
Attendees: Carl Sherter, John McArthur,
Charlie Stoddard, Bernie Kucharski, Scott
Tonguis, and David Erwin
Minutes: Raise the annual J/30 Class dues to
$50 in 2005. J/30 sailors can join or
renew J/30 Class membership by accessing web page: http://www.j30.org/html/directory/membership.html
for $25 through December 31st, 2004. The class with
automatically send invoices to class membership.
Carl Sherter and John McArthur will serve another to year term
if elected by the class.
The BOG team
recommends the following proposed changes to keep the class "One
Design" rules up-to-date while making the J/30s more competitive in
the PHRF fleets. These changes maintain a goal to minimize expense of the
owners. By making the #3 larger and changing the #2 to an
optional sail, racers can purchase a sail just for PHRF racing without having
to increase their total sail inventory. The carbon pole will keep the PHRF
people happy, but we all know a good foredeck makes more different that the
weight of the pole.
#1
Genoa, Lift the restriction on sail cloth. Leave at 163%
#3
Genoa, allow "Full Hoist" for luff
length. Leave sail cloth
unrestricted.
#2
Genoa, make the current #2 an optional Sail. Leave the sail at 140%
and leave the current sail cloth restriction. The #2 will be reviewed in about
two years.
Spinnaker
Poles; allow Carbon Fiber poles.
Allowing the removal of the Jib Tack Horns (cutting them off) and
replacing the Tack Horns with a single shackle.
Allowing "Tow-able" jib cars on the #1-2 tracks. With no
restriction on the purchase.
Removing the Class requirement of a harness for 50% of the
crew in National events.
The
proposed change will be officially voted as official at a November BOG meeting.
WE NEED YOUR INPUT:
A special
forum thread has been created to collect feedback regarding the proposed
changes. In addition we are collecting additional ideas and thoughts from
the fleet. Please reply using the following link:
http://j30.us/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000044.html
