Class Development Survey

Sadly, I have a feeling we will never get beyond the "I believe" state of things when trying to work out why the data is showing what it does. On the Laser one, "I believe" that the Laser is getting faster at a slower rate than the classes it is racing against in any number at clubs - so the Phantoms, Solos and the like, and therefore handicap creep is making it appear slower.

It is equally likely, though, that the returns which came in during the latter part of the paper era simply didn't reflect the true speed of the boat, and that they do now, as an average.

It is true that you do need to be the class geek (or be in a class that kept good records online) to know the dates of the changes in a class. Sadly, we are few and far between on here, by the look of it, which is a little, but not too, surprising. Barring contacting every class and hoping to find the right person to get a response (a huge task) it is difficult to see how else to get more info.

One thing people could do for me...
Its been suggested that I should post the link on all the class forums. I fear the suggestions is probably correct, but my enthusiasm for creating 100 logins for 100 class forums and Facebook pages and goodness knows what else is limited...

Please could folk post the link for me on Class or club forums, class/club social media or anything else they are already members of to see if I get some more responses that way?

thanks, Jim C