Do I hear you blowin the dust off the ole banana boat, Bob??

Spinnakers? Jus' teasin'.

No you're not.
I almost asked too.....

Oh no you Dint!

If we are going down that road, then I think the Single Handed boat should be a spin boat as well!

Go UNI Racers!

I am not on the committe... BUT... this is a bottom up process.... This is about motivating a class... find a club, partner with US sailing and have the US chamionship.

If the single handed spin class can get organized, talk with the committee about what they are looking for (standards), make a proposal, partner with a club and make it happen... so YES a single handed spin championship could serve as the alter cup championship.

What am I missing here? I had thought you qualified in your region, and then there was a boat supplied to you at THE alter cup event. ? Sorry for the bewilderment

They couldn't find any manufacturers to supply new boats, so it became run your own.

Not sure about how that will impact the gualification regattas to get into the Alter Cup however.

Let's say you win the qualifier on your F18, and the AC is on a Hobie 16...but Who's Hobie 16? Or will they be supplied?

Or will it from now on always be a 'BYOB" event?

Qualifier? I thought that went away?

BYOB or charter, no provided boats. No qualifiers.

I'm not going to rehash the background on this, it's all been discussed here before.

Mike

Rip van Winkle in da house....

Come on guys....rehash it again...what else have ya got to do??

(hope you know I'm just KIDDING!)

Naw, I'm done trying to put a spin on the H16.

But I would dearly love to see a "B" fleet for Alter Cup, any Alter Cup.

I like "B" fleets, but why would they be at the Alter Cup, which would be like racing go-carts at the F-1 finals..?

Explain how you'd like to see the B fleet at Alter Pete? Would there be a "B Fleet Alter Cup" winner or something? Would it run the same course/start as the "A" fleet?

I think I know some of the answers, but would like your vision explained in a little more detail...

As far as I know "B" fleet was always on a separate course and mostly for the party goers rather than serious racers.

Imo, Alter Cup should come to celebrate the sport and culture of beach cat sailing. To do so it should provide a venue for the best racers who care to compete while providing a celebratory atmosphere for the rest of us.

Now I DO like that concept....

Celebrate the sport, watch the top-tier competition and the rest of us can wander about in boats outside of the course area?

Yeh, I guess. I'd like a big party that financially unerwrites the top tier competition without interferring with that competition.

Personally, I'd be willing to buy a seat on a spectator boat but you'd probably need to provide a "B" fleet course as well.

Great idea but this is not the venue to do it in. Last year during a F-18 race in the same venue at one point there were 5 boats over at the same time. All but 2 boats flipped in the same race. When the wind and tide get together it tests you pretty well.

Want to be there and watch? Volunteer to be on a boat to help out. Jumpers, scorekeepers, ect are needed.

Sounds like work...