Comments on: Clubs, cliques, and class http://stuartalexander.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/clubs-cliques-and-class/ Rugby tournaments and sailboat racing Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:16:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: paul notary http://stuartalexander.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/clubs-cliques-and-class/#comment-34 paul notary Sat, 08 Sep 2007 10:34:47 +0000 http://stuartalexander.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/clubs-cliques-and-class/#comment-34 I do not like your term "dreaded sponsors" One of my highlights as an ex 18footer sailor is the "Corporate Types" on the Media & Sponsor Days where one can entertain & meet, a huge mix of personalities,imparting tales tall and true and trying to unite them in excitement and the satisfaction of many leaving an event with some understanding of our sport. I had over a decade of Sponsors paying bills so i could actually live out my passion of performance sailing & without them would have been a spectator or reading about stuff ,rather than actually being a player ! I do not like your term “dreaded sponsors”

One of my highlights as an ex 18footer sailor is the “Corporate Types” on the Media & Sponsor Days where one can entertain & meet, a huge mix of personalities,imparting tales tall and true and trying to unite them in excitement and the satisfaction of many leaving an event with some understanding of our sport.

I had over a decade of Sponsors paying bills so i could actually live out my passion of performance sailing & without them would have been a spectator or reading about stuff ,rather than actually being a player !

]]> By: Geoff Stagg http://stuartalexander.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/clubs-cliques-and-class/#comment-32 Geoff Stagg Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:11:38 +0000 http://stuartalexander.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/clubs-cliques-and-class/#comment-32 Hi Stuart. Normally dont get involved with this stuff but have high regard of your opinion. Makes way to much sence to have a team comprised of a TP 52 F40 M30. The RORC would simply not allow that to happen as to heavily invested in IRC. F40 class has been down this track before and we will not change our rules to allow pros to drive the boats. My personal opinion is that current F40 owners drive better than half the pros out there any way and why sould they write the checks and go back to sitting in back of the bus and told to keep quite. Hi Stuart. Normally dont get involved with this stuff but have high regard of your opinion. Makes way to much sence to have a team comprised of a TP 52 F40 M30. The RORC would simply not allow that to happen as to heavily invested in IRC. F40 class has been down this track before and we will not change our rules to allow pros to drive the boats. My personal opinion is that current F40 owners drive better than half the pros out there any way and why sould they write the checks and go back to sitting in back of the bus and told to keep quite.

]]> By: Ben Jarashow http://stuartalexander.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/clubs-cliques-and-class/#comment-31 Ben Jarashow Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:29:26 +0000 http://stuartalexander.wordpress.com/2007/09/02/clubs-cliques-and-class/#comment-31 My recollection (and I may be mistaken) is that in previous times, the Admiral's Cup teams were composed of owners who tended towards driving their own boats anyway, thus I don't see the need to tinker with either TP52 or Farr40 rules to re-start Admiral's Cup competition. I think it would be much harder to get 2 Farr40 teams from any given country to enter..... Maybe the Mumm 30 as the "small boat" class - there are enough in Europe, and they are more commonly chartered out that the larger boats, as well as being a boat that has been raced for distance, and a cheap boat compared to the others suggested. I think the hardest part to re-starting an Admiral's Cup would be getting the MedCup to give a large enough break for the TP52s to get moved north for that event (& Fastnet), and then back..... My recollection (and I may be mistaken) is that in previous times, the Admiral’s Cup teams were composed of owners who tended towards driving their own boats anyway, thus I don’t see the need to tinker with either TP52 or Farr40 rules to re-start Admiral’s Cup competition. I think it would be much harder to get 2 Farr40 teams from any given country to enter….. Maybe the Mumm 30 as the “small boat” class - there are enough in Europe, and they are more commonly chartered out that the larger boats, as well as being a boat that has been raced for distance, and a cheap boat compared to the others suggested. I think the hardest part to re-starting an Admiral’s Cup would be getting the MedCup to give a large enough break for the TP52s to get moved north for that event (& Fastnet), and then back…..

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