Winston, so nice of you to write! Just so we are talking about the same thing, let me quote:
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><u>The schedule shall be posted on the class website before the end of the calendar year, as organizers are able to submit their information. Posted regattas shall be open to all class members and should not be scheduled to conflict with another event where possible.</u><hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Also: <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><u>Multiple fleet racing (more than 14 total regatta entries) shall complete at least eight (8) races.</u><hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
And finally: <u> <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">These are class policies and therefore, subject to change as situations dictate. This administration will attempt to consider the spirit of the policies and discuss such changes with those involved.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></u>
Now, I have asked Joe about the setup of the fleets, and he says that prior to The Regatta, a list of all the entries to The Regatta will be submitted to him and he will rank them according to their race record and the Race Director will split The Regatta entries into two fleets with the odd boat in the A fleet.
I think that this means we have a single regatta with multiple fleets. This seems to meet the stipulations set forth above. If the fleet does not feel that we are meeting the particular specifications, we can apparently ask our Secretary and his advisors for a change of the policy, although in my non sea lawyer reading of it all, I think we are ok.
Winston, thanks for your patience on this!
John Rowley