If it were up to me, NASS wouldn't take entries for boats without a spinnaker (i.e old Prindles and Hobies that show up for one event a year), for liability issues,
ummm.. because only good sailors sail boats with spinakers????
If the Div 11 Hobie 16 fleet showed up for the race... you would be hard pressed to save your time.
FYI... the Maryland Gov Cup (75 mile point to point) was the largest race on the bay when the guys who race once a year showed up... 1/2 of the event were recreational sailors.
Just because these new entries ...are not racers... does not mean that they are not good sailors...
Liability Issues... What are you talking about? Your liability... their liability or the OA and RC liability...
All skippers are responsible for their boats and crews on the water. Period... racing, cruising or anchoring.
The OA is not going to discriminate against one class of boats with special rules.. either beachcats race... or they don't race.
We have some common sense and informal guidelines in place that are applied at the fleet level for the new racers... We are not in the business of denying anyone entry. (hell our worst upsets involved experienced racers suffering serious injury)
