Rule 87

Chris, which multi million dollar company is dictating? This is from ISAF. It has the right to make this rule as you are sailing under its rules as does every club in the World! If you came to the club last Friday you could have joined in this debate with Mr Ramsden from the RYA.

The fact is ISAF are partly funded by sail plaques (and boat sales) from one design classes (and International classes) why not put a rule in to protect its revenue stream?

What do the guys that make the replica sails put back into sailing?  

As for the Ent, simple, you can apply for a replacement certificate from class records.

I think ISAF and its connect for sailing programmes do more for putting begineers into sailing than replica sails ever will.

True, but for a multi-million dollar company to be able to dictate how and independent Sailing club is allowed to run its own races which have zero baring on anything, with the backing of a racing rules comittee the composition of which is decided well outside the visibilty of even larger sailing clubs.  In principle if a club wants to vary any rule why shouldn't it, as long as it is publicised and supported by the membership in accordance with it's constitution.

Actually I do appear to care...!!!

edit: where does this end some beginner not being allowed to compete as they don't have a valid measurement certificate for their 30 year old ent....

We get around this rule at our club by aloowing them to race as a seperate class, but with the same py number. We only handicap race so this works fine for us, 

I suppose if you fleet race you could rewrite your rules to say that they are a seperate class but race in the fleet with the same py?!