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John Spierling · Post by **John Spierling** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 10:37 pm

Does any one know the location of the class scale? I was talking with Spike last week about weighing before the CCR, and trying to find the class scale and figure out how we could get our weight certified before the regatta. I know many of the boat's weight certificates expire this year and would like to get this task done and out of the way before Nashville. I don't know what the plans are for a crane in Nashville, but we have a crane at Sarnia (the place that most of the boats were last weighed in 2004) and Spike and I would like to do this in Sarnia. Who do we need to get to certify weights. I weighed many of the boats in 2004, the last year that boats had to get weighed annually, and the rule was changed to a 3 year certificate. Does a current class officer have to witness the weighing?? Or can any member validate the weight, or would two members witness and verify the weighing be sufficient. Please let me know what can be done. Thanks.

Post by **Tom Elsen** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:20 pm

I've got the scale John.
We can arrange to get Sarnia boats weighed prior to the CCR.
Call or email me.

JP · Post by JP » Wed Aug 13, 2008 1:29 pm

With the National regatta only a few months out, I cannot believe there has not been any chatter/hipe/news regarding this event! This is OUR major event of the year and there is absolute silence. What's going on here?

Mark Gutteridge · Post by **Mark Gutteridge** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:39 am

Jeff;
Hunting Party 448 is planning to attend the CCR.
We are also hoping to attend the equalizer regatta as well.Crew dependant at this time.
Chimo;
Guts.

507 · Post by **507** » Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:54 am

Jeff, S2 7.9 sailors are strong silent types. There will be plenty of boats heading to Nashville. Look for 25 plus on the starting line.

JP · Post by JP » Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:12 pm

Guts & 507-

Thanks for responding! Good to hear from you folks. Lets keep it up!

Spike Boston · Post by **Spike Boston** » Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:08 am

Frequent Flyer will be there for both regattas. Looking forward to a good time in Nashville.

JP · Post by JP » Wed Sep 10, 2008 7:33 am

FYI- the NOR and other documents have been posted on the regatta site.

JP · Post by JP » Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:37 am

I'm sure by now Paul and crew in Nashville are getting flooded with entry forms for the CCR, which is just a month shy on the calendar! Let's all participate and make this a HUGE regatta for them and our Class! Get your boat and gear all clean and packed up for the road trip!

emouland · Post by **emouland** » Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:04 am

Hey guys, last night I had a chat with the guy who runs Yachtscoring.com. For $500 we could have all the boats we have signed up on the web for all to see and real time scoring for all the 7.9 folks that can't make the regatta. If we act now this would be on the web by Monday.

Not only would this benefit all the folks that can't make the regatta but many sailors look at yachtscoring and would see the 7.9 logo and would see that the class is alive and well.

Just a suggestion, but it would get the 7.9 on a really cool website.

See you all at the CCR.

JP · Post by JP » Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:23 pm

To "emouland"-

I think the idea of having daily preliminary and final race results posted on the CCR website is a must! In addition to results, I think an on-the-water recap would be nice as well for those who were unable to attend. This all can be done via the host's CCR website or our class website (saves the class $500) but volunteers are essential to make this work. I'll contact Paul to discuss these options.

I will volunteer to post daily on-the-water reviews, dock interviews and
pictures.

I'm looking forward to a good time in Nashville!

Take care-

Post by **Tim Bosma** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 6:19 pm

Although I am unable to attend the CCR, I would be happy to publish results. I would need an on-site source for result reports, I have the scoring tools and publishing ability. e-mail me for further discussions.

tim.bosma@ge.com

or

boz@hottamaleracing.com

thanks,

emouland · Post by **emouland** » Sun Sep 28, 2008 10:56 pm

Jeff,
No, getting anyone excited about our class will never happen on this website. We are a smaller and smaller group. We need the exposure that yachtscoring.com can bring us. We have had this website for years and we get less and less racers every year.

We need national attention. Again, I am not an owner and I have no say but this is something I truly think we need. $500 bucks for the class is cheap to get our class needs to get us recognition.

Mark Gutteridge · Post by **Mark Gutteridge** » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:26 am

I agree with Jeff concerning spending 500.00 for Yacht scoring.
If we utilize information sites such as Sailing Anarachy and Scuttlebutt we can get attention.But it would take somebody to be on top of getting our class more exposure.
With todays ease of information we need somebody with the communication and computer skills to effectively get our message out.
Chimo;
Guts #448

JP · Post by JP » Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:38 am

Ed- I fully agree that our class needs more national attention and this kind of tool would be very beneficial considering the number of hits this site attracts. The ideas expressed in my previous post were based on the fact that the CCR is less than a month away and I don't have any knowledge of the Class budget #'s. Definitely worth looking into for next year's regatta's.

S2 7.9 Meter Class Association

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