by Capt. Flak » Fri Aug 30, 2013 9:45 am
Eddie,
As I said, you are allowed to use a set of sails from one boat you own on another boat that you also own. For example, if you own 1234 and have 34 on the jib and the other boat is 4321 and has 21 on the jib. If you prefer to see the number 34, then by all means, put 34 on the other boat. Again, YOU MUST OWN BOTH BOATS!
BUT, sailing both boats at the same time in the same regatta, you should use the correct sail numbers on each boat.
The class policy on registration and sail numbers does provide for special requested sail numbers when purchasing a new boat that has not yet been registered. But typically, the numbers are assigned in order to the manufactures and they already have a set of labels for the boats they are making.
You can ask the manufacturer or ask me (Class Secretary) for a specific sail number. If that number is available, then you may have it. It may need to be another number ending in the two digits you want. For example, if you have 1234 and are used to seeing 34 on your jib and you want another boat with 34, we might assign you the new number 3034 or 3134 or whatever number will be next on the roster. But we will never assign the same 4 digit number to two different boats.
Also, we will not assign the number requested if there is already a number of boats in your region with the same last two digits. In other words, if there are already 3 or 4 number 34s actively racing in your region, it might be confusing to the race staff. At my own lake, we have three 24s and three 62s. I will probably not okay that number combination in this region again. At some point, you just need to get used to a different set of numbers.
I hope this helps.
Joe Walter #24