[Public-List] Mast Heads for the Alberg

[Roger L. Kingsland]

Speaking of class rules, I am the proud owner of the rudder (and good old
#148, the boat to which it is attached) shown in the last picture of this
section of the A30 web site; 
http://www.alberg30.org/maintenance/Steering/RudderVarieties/.  

Of course with a rudder like this, one only needs to think about tacking
and, presto, you are sitting on the opposite rail yelling "starboard" to
anyone who will listen.  Since it seems a tad larger than other A30 rudders,
I wonder if it might disqualify me from racing.  The argument I am
developing for my hearing before the rules committee is the reduced speed
resulting from the added wetted surface area is more detrimental than being
able to do roll tacks like a Laser.  Think it will fly or should I put a new
blade in the gig saw?     

Roger 148


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[mailto:public-list-bounces at lists.alberg30.org] On Behalf Of J Bergquist
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 11:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [Public-List] Mast Heads for the Alberg

Michael-

It is not up to you to decide what is allowed by the class rules and what is
not. The class rules are written and documented. The decision of whether or
not to allow equipment modifications is left to the rules committee by the
class rules. The class rules are published in the association handbook and
it is clearly stated that spars and standing rigging and spars are not to be
modified from original equipment provided on specified dates in the rules
EXCEPT in cases where the rules committee has made an exception. Please read
the rules if you need a refresher.

I am not saying that you are wrong. What I AM saying is that it is not up to
you to decide. Please do not presume to know the rules any better than the
rest of us. Andrew raised a legitimate question that it is possible such a
change of masthead would be not allowed by the rules. It's up to the rules
committee to decide whether or not such a change would be allowed. But no
one among us (neither you nor I) is allowed by the class rules to make such
a judgment on his or her own.

Clearly there are already some boats which are or recently have been
actively racing which use internal halyards and/or non-original mast head
fittings. I would propose that allowing this change would be advantageous to
racing in our class for these reasons:

1. It is not an extreme expense. In my opinion, it does not materially
increase the cost of the boat.

2. The advantage incurred, if any, is small (reduced windage from internal
halyards).

3. As the boats age, it is not reasonable for us to expect people to
continue to use the 1965 hardware forever. Surely some will be able to get
more use out of that equipment, but probably not everybody can do so. People
need to be able to replace worn out parts with equivalent new equipment.

Because I am obviously an interested party in this discussion, and I am a
member of the rules committee, I have recused myself from a vote on this
issue and asked our commodore (Mike Meinhold) to appoint a suitable
replacement.

Kind regards,

J Bergquist

On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:12 PM, Michael <dickdurk at atlanticbb.net> wrote:
> running internal halyards will take the boat out of class, although I 
> suppose that only matters if 1. it races 2. it beats someone.
>
> MichaelGrosh
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