by Larry Ludwig » Thu Mar 03, 2005 2:20 am
Hey Treasure,
I see miles of rhetoric, so what's your point? I'll give <b>you </b> a few.
#1 Beating your yap about past hulls is not going to change them.
#2 International competition sounds great, but how about a good example... the upcoming IOM Worlds. For me to attend, would be no less than $4,000.00 USD. Now... maybe you have that kind of scratch + time + willingness to sit on a 777 for 14 hours and then for 10 days (that is correct TEN) of racing down under... but I just don't see that much traffic for it. No doubt, they will get their share, and good for them, but I don't see it happening <u>here</u>.
#3 I hear you blowing a lot of gas about everything that is wrong.. but I don't hear nearly as much constructive help, or supporting answers. (that have validity)
#4 You have repeated your complaints many posts ago... so do us all a favor and move on. ALL of your criticisms are duly noted, there is no further need for you to point out the short comings of the last 30 years that this class has been in existance, and mainted the status as the largest One Design racing class in the world.
#5 The Class, as a patient, has an illness. The proceedure to remedy that problem has been prescribed, and the solution is being put into effect. It happened over time, no one person is to blame, deal with it.
It is not what we would have wished for, but someone had to make the decision. It was a difficult decision to make, and we are going to have to work through it, so that everything that happens from this point forward.. moves the class FORWARD.
#6. You are correct.. .it is OUR class... it started here, WE sail it, and we developed it, WE were not 100% correct in the administration, and consequently.. WE are fixing it. Not just words, banged out on keyboard from afar... but decisions being made that have excluded some boats, and money being spent (<u>I am a supplier</u>, and *I* will be paying for my new mold and it is the CORRECT decision) and the class will go foward.
#7 If you can afford to travel halfway around the world to race an R/C Sailboat.. then you can afford a new hull.
Look at the bright side, your get to use your rig, winch, and radio.
Have a Nice Day
Hey Treasure,
I see miles of rhetoric, so what's your point? I'll give <b>you </b> a few.
#1 Beating your yap about past hulls is not going to change them.
#2 International competition sounds great, but how about a good example... the upcoming IOM Worlds. For me to attend, would be no less than $4,000.00 USD. Now... maybe you have that kind of scratch + time + willingness to sit on a 777 for 14 hours and then for 10 days (that is correct TEN) of racing down under... but I just don't see that much traffic for it. No doubt, they will get their share, and good for them, but I don't see it happening <u>here</u>.
#3 I hear you blowing a lot of gas about everything that is wrong.. but I don't hear nearly as much constructive help, or supporting answers. (that have validity)
#4 You have repeated your complaints many posts ago... so do us all a favor and move on. ALL of your criticisms are duly noted, there is no further need for you to point out the short comings of the last 30 years that this class has been in existance, and mainted the status as the largest One Design racing class in the world.
#5 The Class, as a patient, has an illness. The proceedure to remedy that problem has been prescribed, and the solution is being put into effect. It happened over time, no one person is to blame, deal with it.
It is not what we would have wished for, but someone had to make the decision. It was a difficult decision to make, and we are going to have to work through it, so that everything that happens from this point forward.. moves the class FORWARD.
#6. You are correct.. .it is OUR class... it started here, WE sail it, and we developed it, WE were not 100% correct in the administration, and consequently.. WE are fixing it. Not just words, banged out on keyboard from afar... but decisions being made that have excluded some boats, and money being spent (<u>I am a supplier</u>, and *I* will be paying for my new mold and it is the CORRECT decision) and the class will go foward.
#7 If you can afford to travel halfway around the world to race an R/C Sailboat.. then you can afford a new hull.
Look at the bright side, your get to use your rig, winch, and radio.
Have a Nice Day