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Re: removing stanchions, pulpit, modifications

Posted By: Bob Pr.
Date: 7/31/03 5:14p.m.

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In Response To: Ha Ha (Law Powell 6.9 #61 Denver)

VERY wise move, Law. A boat sold without that equipment (or similar) should have its price discounted to bring it to class legal standing. For instance, some people have stripped out the interior carpeting and cushions to make their boats lighter. My view of that is similar -- discount the price by whatever amount is needed to bring the boat back into near OEM condition. People can make any modification they want to BUT, unless the boat is in pretty much the same condition as when it left the factory, it is NOT a class legal boat. (Of course, repairs to the hull, upgrades of travelers, vangs, etc., are understandable.) If ever you have any question about what is or is not class legal, please contact your class association (either through me or any other board member) to get a decision. We do not as yet have those things formulated and in print. Not having a definite set of rules is something I've strongly believed we should NOT have until our class has had more racing and a few more years of existence to see what is it that we can let vary (and how much) and what do we need to control. So my VERY strong preference has been to let these things be experimented with by race committees at various lakes and getting some actual experience with issues. I've been very much afraid that we might make our boats "prisoners of time" so that we'd keep them forever locked as a 1980 model without hope of being upgraded. So, for now, we've settled on handling things on a case by case basis by your elected board of directors. Possibly all the other board members feel as strongly this same way?; perhaps not. If they're inclined in a similar direction, then we all bear responsibility for your gratitude or anger at that policy. If they do not, then probably I'm mainly responsible for it. Either way, that's our existing situation. And thanks to Law for this opportunity to clarify and restate it.

Messages In This Thread

Bow pulpit -- Mike Ostbye 6.9 #63 Pursuit -- 7/31/03 6:52a.m.

Re: Bow pulpit -- JeffR -- 7/31/03 8:24a.m.

Ha Ha -- Law Powell 6.9 #61 Denver -- 7/31/03 1:31p.m.

 Re: removing stanchions, pulpit, modifications  -- Bob Pr. -- 7/31/03 5:14p.m.

Re: Bow pulpit -- Mike Ostbye 6.9 #63 Pursuit -- 7/31/03 4:01p.m.

Re: Bow pulpit -- Bob Pr. -- 7/31/03 4:25p.m.

NEB made mine -- JeffR -- 8/1/03 6:23a.m.

Re: Bow pulpit -- Bob Pr. -- 7/31/03 11:35a.m.

Re: Bow pulpit -- Jim Seibert S2-22 'Equinox" -- 7/31/03 4:14p.m.

Re: Bow pulpit -- Bob Pr. -- 7/31/03 4:38p.m.

Re: Bow pulpit -- Jim Seibert S2-22 'Equinox" -- 7/31/03 6:08p.m.

 

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