Wouter and all,

Basis #1
Spin beach cats and non-spin beach cats CANNOT race as 1 class.

As funny as it sounds, down here, a trend ( by PRO's)to lump ALL beach cats into 1 class, spin and non-spin alike. Even when the non-spin and spin boats have enough entrants to form a class, by the regatta's published rules.

The POR's premise is, " they all have a Portsmouth number, don't they?" Of course, the spin boat skippers get real quiet, while the non-spin cat skippers fall over on the ground.

As clear as it appears to you and me, regattas dominated by monohull-minded officials cannot see it.

So, please Wouter, in the new rating formula, STATE IN BOLD LETTERS,

NON-SPIN RATINGS DO NOT CORRELATE WITH SPIN NUMBERS

Thank you.

I hope the Rolex Committee in St. Thomas sees this.


regards,
Bruce
St. Croix
USVI
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