I think my main problem is that the 12's have no development path laid out - I remember finding a copy of an old one in my old mans chairman era stuff - it had ideas for future possibilities and timescales.
At the moment we seem to get shot at for even suggesting any movement forwards. The rule changes of a few years back hit too many people, too hard, and all at once and it has apparently scared a lot of people off of future change.
We need to make sure that when the next ideas for change come in, they are not so late as to make them drastic in a big catching up measure like the last one.
I am planning on making a new boat towards the end of the year, and propose almost making a concept 12 as a testbed for any future changes - that way people might actually get to sail with/use the ideas before putting verdicts in.
The problem is, what are they going to be if any or am i wasting my time?
Cheers
Mike
At the moment we seem to get shot at for even suggesting any movement forwards. The rule changes of a few years back hit too many people, too hard, and all at once and it has apparently scared a lot of people off of future change.
We need to make sure that when the next ideas for change come in, they are not so late as to make them drastic in a big catching up measure like the last one.
I am planning on making a new boat towards the end of the year, and propose almost making a concept 12 as a testbed for any future changes - that way people might actually get to sail with/use the ideas before putting verdicts in.
The problem is, what are they going to be if any or am i wasting my time?
Cheers
Mike