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I would like to announce that the C&C 27 Annual Spring Meeting will be held at Etobicoke Yacht Club on Tuesday April 11, 2006 at 19:00 hours. All C&C 27 owners, spouses and crew are welcome whether they are members at present or not.
The Directors will present their reports (quickly). We will discuss the coming sailing season and decide which events we will designate as qualifying events for the various Association trophies.
The Directors also propose to revise some parts of the present Constitution. The most far-reaching changes have been brought about by the change to the standard sail sizes permitted by PHRF-LO. Lake Ontario PHRF handicapping has always been out of line with other PHRF districts as to where the sail sizes changed with respect to creating your 3-second increments of penalty. Most other districts penalize your boat once your headsail exceeds 155% of your “J” measurement, then at 165%, 175% etc., whereas PHRF-LO has used 153%, 163%, 173%, etc. As of Jan. 1, 2006, PHRF-LO adopted a base of up to 155% with no penalty, with a 3-second penalty for each 10% increment.
The 27 Association has had a maximum headsail size set at 170% for the Mark 1, 165% for the Mk 2, 160 for the Mk 3 and 168% for the Mk 4 (which is the same sail as a Mk 3's but designated differently due to the reduced “J” of the Mk 4) These sails resulted in penalties under PHRF of 6, 6, 3 and 6 seconds respectively.
The Directors will be proposing a change of maximum headsail sizes to conform with PHRF-LO; this will in all cases reduce penalties. This will not require you to rush out and purchase new sails to be competitive as your existing sails will be grandfathered for the purposes of 27 Class-sanctioned racing. They may need to be altered, though slightly, to benefit under the PHRF-LO rules. In addition, you should have your sails re-measured by your PHRF-LO handicapper if we adopt the new size limitations, to establish if alterations would be required and if so, what. As an example, I had my own 4-year-old North Kevlar 160% #1 sail re-measured and it is actually 156% right now, so my sailmaker can easily tweak it down to 155% and I will gain back 3 seconds on my PHRF-LO rating. (I wondered why I was getting my butt kicked at my club on Wed. nights, yet able to hold my own sometimes at Class events!!!)
So the proposed changes will be:
Old PHRF-LO penalty New
Mark 1 = 165% [present = 170%] -6 sec -3 sec
Mark 2 = 165% [present = 165%] -6 sec -3 sec
Mark 3 = 155% [present = 160%] -3 sec 0 sec
Mark 4 = 165% [present = 168%] -6 sec -3 sec
Under the new proposal, the Mk 3 and 4 would no longer have theoretically identical headsails as was in the past. The Mark 4's headsail would be 2.64 inches bigger if in fact it was made to a full 165%. I really don't think it is a big issue as this difference can change in just one year of shrinkage and even vary initially from sailmaker to sailmaker and from different materials. I don't feel that the 2.64 inches will make a difference in speed and since most race more on the home front under PHRF, we don't want to encumber those with Mk 4's making them have their headsail made to 163% or 164% to make the 3's and 4's completely identical.
The other major change in PHRF-LO is the downsizing of the max girth of the spinnakers. Previously, it was 183% but it has been brought down to 180% to conform to other PHRF areas. They are grandfathering all 183% existing spinnakers so that no penalty will occur. Accordingly, the Association directors are also suggesting we make the same change to our class spinnakers - downsizing to 180% on any spinnakers built after the meeting but allowing any existing 183%'s to race for the life of the sail.
I think you agree that these changes will not be a cause to rush out and buy new sails, and you would in fact lose only a little sail area compared with the existing rules.
A few other small changes are also being proposed to allow for e-mailing and such, now that we are into a different electronic age.
The changes are being placed into their final format and copies will be mailed to existing members along with a proxy vote for those members who want to vote but won't be able to make the meeting. It will also be posted on our website. I invite your prompt responses and any suggestions.
I apologize for not having a Fall Awards Meeting. However, due to budgetary constraints we felt it was prudent not to have one. By not having that expense and thanks to the efforts of Kathleen Timmis and David Weatherston with their membership drive, we are looking much better now financially. The new proposals will also include only one Annual Meeting as opposed to the 2 at present and this should help save costs in the future (a second or any other meeting may still be called at anytime though if so required).
Back in the old days when there were 15 to 25 C&C 27's on the line at all events in the Toronto area, the annual meetings were great for building morale and increasing membership interest. However, nowadays much of the cameraderie within the Association is developed via our Website. We feel that this is a very valuable asset to all of us and to the future of the Class Association, but it does have significant costs. It's great to see the support from members who are outside of the Lake Ontario / Ottawa area and I think they realize there is a great benefit to all of us in keeping the Association and the website going! Everyone's support is required as “we are in the same boat together”.
I look forward to meeting with all that will be able to make it out to the meeting and promise to make this as quick as possible so as not to bore anyone.
Cheers,
Larry Bayer
Yogi Bear
President C&C 27 Class Association.
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Copies of the proposed changes to the Constitution should be going out to everyone via e-mail today hopefully. If anyone has any concerns they would like to send to me, please ensure that you start with " C&C 27 " in your "subject" box. If I don't recognize an address I use blow it off before I download it from my server in order to keep away from as much junk mail as possible.
Make sure you also respond as to whether or not you will be attending the meeting and include whether bringing your significant other and/or crew as we need a handle on the numbers.
If unable to attend , please submit your proxy.
If you do not receive an e-mail within the next couple of days and are a paid up member or were a member last year, please notify me as maybe we have your wrong address.
Cheers-Larry Bayer-C&C 27 Class Association President
Just like to remind everyone about the meeting one more time.
Also we experienced a glitch with respect to sending out the proxies. If you do still receive one today, please forward it ASAP.
Thanks-Larry Bayer-C&C 27 Class President