LCYC - 2008 Wednesday Night Fleet
LCYC - 2008 Weekend Fleet

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Class associations for boats represented on Lake Champlain and other popular one-design sailboats:

I'm a bit curious about the class breakdowns for our fleets. While it looks like Spin A, Spin B and the Etchells each have decent-sized classes for some good competition, I don't understand why we have JAM A, JAM B and an Open class, often times with overlapping ratings and just one or two boats in each fleet. Wouldn't those competitors enjoy it more if they were just together in one JAM class?

Looking at the results for Schuyler Island, I noticed that Wingdam and Edelweiss II have ratings three points apart and finished within six seconds of each other, correcting out to just over a minute apart, yet they are each alone in different classes.

Also, what is the purpose of the Open class? It looks like some years the club has had it and some years it hasn't. It seems to overlap with the JAM boats too.

I don't know what to say about the dwindling Spin C class. Maybe the B-C boundary should be adjusted, but that is a more complicated question. One idea might be to define it using the Etchells as an in-between class. So it could be A=0-99, B=100-125, Etchells=126, C=127+, JAM=non-spinnaker. Just an idea...

I'm not trying to stir up controversy here. I know classes grow and shrink throughout the season and from year to year. I just worry that having tiny classes takes away some of the fun and competition of racing, possibly discouraging people from coming out to race. I know that I would rather finish 5th in a class of ten boats than win a class of two boats.

Respectfully,

Jason Hyerstay

What are your thoughts on this?