This post is not going to have any MUDSLINGING, CHARACTER ASSAIGNATION or IMPROPER DATA.
6.0 BEAM
6.1.a The beam specifications above shall be measured at the sheer where the hull and deck are joined.
The proposed amendment, that I penned, is to define where the beam measurement is to be taken.
As a Manufacturer and Builder I am against the measuring of the side of the hull at the stations. This will put a onetime expense on the Owner/Builder of having to purchase a set of 24inch calibers that he will not use again and the calipers that I received in the mail today are not accurate, at 11 inches they measure plus 1/32” compared to a set of Starret Precision calipers. Everybody says “what is another $9.99 plus P/H $6.99 (if you do not live near a store) plus Tax @7%= $1.19 =$18.17 total, a 12” multipurpose, fractions/mm, steel rule will serve the purpose and be useable in the shop more than a set of 24” calipers.
For some 43 (1971) years, since I built 3 boats out of Buddy Blacks molds**, the practice has been to use a ruler to set the beam dimensions, and to this day I use a ruler to set the beams and send instructions and pic’s to the Owner/Builders showing how to tie and measure the beams. I have not, or Owner/Builder, had a hull not measure in using this system, and that is plus 35 hulls for me alone.
When I penned this amendment I also looked up the AU and NZ beam rules and they are as follows: AU: 5.1.6 The beam at the Deck shall comply with measurements below. (Beam measurements table) NZ: 4.2.7 The Beam at the Deck shall comply with measurements below at each station.
If this beam setting process is changed there will be a lot of changes in Documentation, Blue Prints, Manuals and the Class building site that the CS will have to do or delete. This is the best and comprehensive building site of all the AMAYA classes that I have seen thanks to Rick West.
All I am doing is trying to preserve the process of building that has been in place for so long and keep it easy and less expensive for the Owner/Builder to complete a boat that will be in spec at the time of measurement.
Why try to redesign a Round Wheel, it still comes up Round.
Please vote “YES” on this amendment for the Owner/Builder to preserve this building practice.
** 1 for me, 1 for my brother Tom and 1 for Bill Parsons. Tom raced the 1973 Nat’s, I just got out of the hospital and could not race.