GBCA Discussion Forum

Oops...sorry John, misread about you wanting them left out...this is just discussion.

Kenai = Asyo's worst nightmare!

John, if you are for more people participating in the NOOD party (more crew on big boats vs small on 22s), then why would side with the 109s being left out? I would like to hear some of the 109 owners POVs on this issue...Al? Jim?...i see you lurking in here

I agree with Mark about rating the boat not the sailor. I have won and lost against the L70s on 109s and have never thought there was a rating problem. When we have won, we sailed with few mistakes, and when we lost, there was probably yelling you could hear from downtown, but we certainly didn't blame it on the rating. Yes the boats sail differently downwind, but if asyms had the advantage there, why wouldnt the L70 guys be at their sailmaker having A kites made to run off the pole?...it can be done. Typically I thought it was us on the Asyms who were afraid of the Syms killing us on the downwind leg.

About the NOOD. This is a one-design race that brings in out of town boats and you guys are bickering about who to let in for a NON one-design class. Two of the L70 owners have J22s, and there are numerous other crew who have J/24s and the like. Why not ditch the L70 debate and go sail one-design like the regatta intends?

Just a fun idea for the future and the rating debate....we could have a fun regatta where all the Asym guys sail the Sym boats and vice versa. This would shed some light on the whether or not we (Asyos) could jibe a pole and if yall could muscle the huge kite around. This might shed some light on whether the boat or the sailors are being judged here. If nothing else it would probably provide for some good laughs  .

This report is very incomplete. Why have the design specs not surfaced?