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I seem to remember reading that pumping the main to flip the top batten in light winds might make you guilty of infringing Rule 42? I suppose though, as long as you came out of the roll as fast as you went in, noone would pay too much attention.

The major problem might be with handicap races though...... :-/

Jim N3130 (Just back from Salcombe and Burton Weeks)

Me too!!!

Tel. 01548852979 (Kingsbridge as from 12/08/2006 evening) or 0049 8145 951303 up to Friday this week.

Jim N3130

Shame!  :-/

Would love to have a look at her, but haven't really got the time in the 2 weeks we're over in Blighty. Too much going on in the SW end.

Hope your knee gets better soon.

Cheers,  

Jim N3130

P.S. Your idea about the dangly pole for use as a white stick is good. Mine's now dayglow orange   and everyone knows I'm coming....

Sorry Paul !

- How selfish of me! (writes out 100 X " I must not poach other peoples' threads, I must not poach other  peoples' threads...")

Jim N3130

P.S. Come down for BW and bring your yot - people can try before they buy  

Ok. Angus, I understand.

Luckily, Higher Management is keen on sailing in light winds. Anything over 3Bft and I have to resort to another crewmember who sails a laser. She's good, but I have to filter out a lot of c--p about dropping off for the gusts and how to hold the tiller extension so it neither pokes in her eye (nor her B-m!) etc. etc. :-/ :-/


Come over anytime to the Ammersee for a visit. I'd certainly like to come up to Bonny Scotland, but the chances are it'd be without Nutty Shell, unless we did a long 5 week haul... So  long-term plans I'm afraid....

Keep in touch. email's best.

P.S. Last Saturday on the lake was brill - 4Bft gusting 5, finally got the ol' gal planing - despite our 25 stone all up.... Almost forgot to put the bows down afterwards....

Hi Jimmy!

I'm down for BW Tuesday - Thursday morning. If your dad needs someone for blowy weather (i.e. 14 Stone), let me know by Friday at the latest, since we're flying to GB on Saturday.  

We're only coming down to watch since I don't want to drag the boat all that way....

Cheers,

Jim. N3130

P.S. Your email isn't addressable

Angus!

Talking about just adding a little water  , are you down for BW?

It would be good to get to know the person weilding the humerous quill on the same side of the bar at the Barbie.... We're there Tuesday- Wednesday and through, hopefully - if Graham and Zoe can bear it - to Thursday. We're just watching though, since it's too far to drag Nutty Shell.

Maybe C yer,

Jim N3130

i.e. JUST water.....

Jim N3130

O.k. Meds and John.l

Now I understand. The reason why I took the discussion "out into the open" on this forum is that there are probably many other novices like myself who are wondering what all the fuss is about and who don't know how to vote. Now I do. I have decided to vote against the adoption of the ERS. Perhaps it is better for the class. We are going to have to have a serious think about  our long term survival strategy however  :-/ :-/ and maybe one day have to bite the bullet and adopt ISAF rules.

John Murrell, It's not that I would want to tamper with a running motor - I just want to find a way ease the transition to international recognition a little  :B :B

Jim N3130 (Not only Nutty, but batty)

Philip!
It's precisely this question I was trying to adress to the Older and Wiser Members...

Could it have something to do with (self-) determination or fear of the new? (Not that I would ever want to tar anyone with the Luddite Brush  

Ok., so our closest relatives the Merlins and Fireflys are "restricted". It makes it easier to So what makes it so technically difficult to "translate" the National 12 rules as they stand into ISAF or ERS rules. Surely the rules could be translated to give an equal amount of leeway to that currently existing. Or not ?

Why should it be that changes to the class would occur at any other speed than they have been doing historically - remember the debate about daggerboards, one-plankers, etc. and how long it took to allow double-botties compared to the Flying Dutchman, Windy, etc. etc?  I realise the rationale behind this by the way....

Jim N3130 (growing Nuttier by the minute)

Thanks for the information folks!

The only remaining question is that if we don't adopt the ERS format, would that make it difficult to achieve international status before the ISA (for example, if a couple of boatbuilders decided to start up production over here and in France... and the thing got big.....?) Purely hyperthetical at the moment, but possible....

That's a long term dream of mine, by the way....(Tally ho' ! recapture India next Monday!)

 

Jim N3130 (completely) Nutty Shell

John,
I fear you may need to print a whole new set of proposals for item 10, purely on formal grounds. It's easier than giving an oral presentation of errors.

Now we're on to the AGM agenda, my main worry is regarding the acceptance or not of the RYA rules. If we go our own way, might that ultimately result in the potential exclusion of the class from an international future? If it might, then I must ask myself whether the whole class were doomed, since our national status per se would be recinded....(and name "National", aside from making our name "National 12" into a trademark)

Maybe these are perceived to be the naive ramblings of someone new to the class and relatively far away geographically, but I'm wondering whether the fears of a misinterpretation of "rewritten" rules hasn't been overemphasised in the "predebate"......

So there are my questions, what are your answers  ??) ??) ??) ??)

Jim N3130

Mikey,

You are right, there is no quick fx solution to this problem.

I'm doing exactly that at our club near Munich. There's been quite a lot of interest when they crew with me. It's a problem of critical mass to get a fleet built up and something going though....

As good ol' Winston used to say "KBO".....

Jim N3130. - when are you all coming over??

Unfortunately, ICM, I'm not sure whether I'm going to be able to get a trailer for that time and my Dad has no space in his garage in Kingsbridge. So it looks like it's a no-go....   ??)

Sad really, I was looking forward to sailing a realy good weight-carrying AC yot.

Still, one of these days......

Jim N3130.