I can relate to the "bumped out" comment. Me too. However, the question was whether the class wanted to sacrifice a bit of fleet racing to keep the format. The vote was close because the whole story of match racing at a big event was not told.
What was not mentioned was the load on the staff. Dayton was not experienced and lots of time was lost. At State College in 2002 the staff was there nine hours a day for four days. We did not get breaks because something was happening all the time.
Match racing requires a judge to walk with the pair and we like to run three pairs at a time. We are likely to get four experienced people to staff a NCR and recently we have had top national competitors running these events and not sailing. After a while this wears on volunteers. For Orlando, we had to call in David Brawner...who revamped his annual full scale sailing trip in the Carib to fly into Orlando to be the MR RD. We just could not do this with the Pro-Team concept.
Another regatta event has been considered. Where can we fit it in and in what location with who available? These are tough thoughts. However, I would be glad to match race on Friday afternoon among those that show...
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