I think we are trying to grow the sport of sailing. Limiting college sailing to dinghies does not accomplish that goal. I think we need to increase the opportunities for sailing rather then start to eliminate regattas. I am very much against the proposal. Charlie Charlie Arms Director of Sailing Varsity Offshore Sailing Coach California Maritime Academy 200 Maritime Academy Dr. Vallejo, CA 94590 Office 707 654 1257 Fax 707 654 1056 Cell 707 246 0434
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of dude1 Sent: Tue 12/4/2007 10:36 PM To: Amy Gross-Kehoe Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PCCSC] Question About Sloop Nationals... personally i'm a fan of the sloop national championship for many of the same reasons andy said below (i.e. it gets that many more people out on the water and able to race). there actually seems to be some good momentum for people to consider becoming professional match racers in certain parts of the world. i'd hate to see the ICSA stop supporting the sloop championship when other parts of the world seem to be beefing this aspect of the sport. news flash: sailing is not the easiest sport to host championship events :-) i don't think that's a good reason to cancel a national championship (unless there are other reasons I'm not aware of here). if people want an easier time hosting events, maybe we should switch to juggling :-) there are three types of iPhone users in this world: those who know how to count, and those who don't. thanks, bry On Dec 4, 2007, at 10:14 PM, dude1 wrote: > > > well said andy! > > there are 10 types of iPhone users in this world: those who know > binary and those who don't. > thanks, bry > > > On Dec 4, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Andrew Johnson wrote: > >> >> >>> From my perspective, I don't see what has changed about the fact >>> that it is difficult to get boats or host in district events. It >>> has always been difficult. >> The University of Hawaii has hosted both the Sloop Nationals >> fall 1992 and the PCCs in fall of 1996 and it would take some >> convincing to talk me into hosting again. As for lack of >> interest I do believe the event(s) provide an opportunity for some >> people that are to big for the dinghies to compete for a national >> championship. The University of Hawaii most likely not >> participate due to budgetary reasons if it is not considered to be >> part of the National Championships. HOW ABOUT THOSE >> RAINBOWS!!!!!!! SUGER BOWL BABY!!!!! >> >> Amy Gross-Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> IMPORTANT! >> How does our district feel about Sloop Nationals? >> >> MAISA is proposing to ICSA/Championships Committee to eliminate Sloop >> Nationals based on the lack of interest coupled with difficulty in >> procuring >> boats and hosting the event, not to mention the difficulties >> involved in >> hosting the in-district qualifying events. >> >> How does our district feel about this proposal? Let me know so I can >> represent our district accurately. >> >> -Amy >> PCCSC Championships Committee Representative >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------ >> Amy Gross-Kehoe >> Coordinator of Club Sports >> Ford Center >> Stanford Athletics >> 641 E Campus Drive >> Stanford, CA 94305 >> >> 650-725-0745 Office >> 650-704-9770 Mobile >> 650-725-7242 Fax >> >> Office Hours: M-W 8:30a-5:30p; Th-F 8:30a-12:00p (Teaching @ >> Boathouse in >> afternoons!) >> >> >> >> >> __________________________________________________ >> pciyra mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=pciyra >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------- >> Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your >> homepage. >> __________________________________________________ >> pciyra mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=pciyra >> > > __________________________________________________ > pciyra mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=pciyra > __________________________________________________ pciyra mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=pciyra __________________________________________________ pciyra mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=pciyra
