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Old 12-02-2008, 01:24 PM   #61
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Keep it smple and affordable to all, don't rip people off.
That's what kills racing. The sport needs the "little" guy.................
Spot on TimB-C, keep the entry fees down and you'll have more entrants and ultimately more money, along with a very happy boating community. Simple isn't it?
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Someone's gotta pay for the event though!
How much does the event cost to run?
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Spot on TimB-C, keep the entry fees down and you'll have more entrants and ultimately more money, along with a very happy boating community. Simple isn't it?


I think these fees are reasonable ..and nobody is getting ripped off


btw the race is on the saturday


what's your problem ......the classes or the fees? The fees are the fees, sorry, it isnlt a cheap enterprise to stage and you'll be getting godo value for money
so if it's classes and we can agree a way forward to accommodate everyone then great.....then we accussed of make too
many classes..can't really win. so I'll leave you guys to discuss it with your own specific agendas, bit too busy to debate it , anything you need from us you know where we are

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Keep it smple and affordable to all, don't rip people off.
I don't think it's a case of ripping people off, you of all people know what it costs to stage an event of this size, and someone has to pay..

As for "keeping it simple and affordable to all", that doesn't really go with Powerboat Racing. If you want cheap, then organise a rally, if you wanna race, then get ready to spend big bucks.
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I think these fees are reasonable ..and nobody is getting ripped off
The fees are the fees. It costs a fortune to put on an event these days. I dont think that the fees are too outrageous. Gotta put them in relation to the distance covered.



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so I'll leave you guys to discuss it with your own specific agendas, bit too busy to debate it , anything you need from us you know where we are
If this is a genuine offer, I think we can probably get a class structure together that encompases the majority of the offshore fleet. For many people it is the achievement of having finished, not the winning that counts. Around the cans in a 60 minute course I want to win. CTC I want to finish. Finishing first would be a plus.





Class 1, Class 2, Class 3, Multihull & historic? Does that sound like a starting point?


Minimum speed 21 knots
Forced induction petrol engines incur a CC penalty factor of 1.4



Class 1 :open class
everything that does not fit into class 2 or 3, historic or Multihull.
Possible Fee: £1250



Class 2
Minimum length 27 foot
Maximum length 45 foot
Max engine cc(outboard)
9,750 2s or 4s s/c
13,500 4s N/A

Max engine cc (inboard)
17,000 s/c for D
17,000 N/A for P
Possible Fee: £900



Class 3
Minimum length 21 foot
Maximum length 35 foot
Max engine cc(outboard)
6,200 4s
5,100 2s

Max engine cc (inboard)
7,500 P
8,000 D
Possible Fee: £300



Multihull
Minimum length 21 foot
Possible Fee: from £350 - calculated individually



Historic
Minimum length 21 foot
Forced induction for diesels only
No engine capacity limits
Possible Fee: £350



This is a very quick look at the classes. So you would end up with 5 classes. Ribs would race against hardboats in the category they fit into. Anyone doing something strange or unusual ( say fitting twin 1000Hp to a 22 foot mono ) would slot into the 'open class' or class 1. This way someone stepping out of the 'norm' would still be able to run the event.

I like the idea to group the classes on the CC, which is easy to check via the stroke and bore size if you needed to check. HP is such an unenforceable way to measure things.



Please feel free to comment on and make suggestions to or alterations to the classses and how to group within the classes.

My idea was to keep the number of classes low and the range or ability of boats to fit into a class as broad as possible.


With the above class structure all 3c and V24 would fit into class 3. The 5.7 engine of the V24 would put it mid class engine size. Running an 8.2 would force a V24 into Class 1. 3C boats could run twin 200's or even twin 225's
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i prefer class 4 as it stands at the moment,thankyou very much marc ill be joining your v24 club very soon i think
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I think classes look good, but TD I sincerely do not believe it has to be so expensive....................The biggest problem for some time is that the cost is excluding the back bone the port needs. Plus I'd rather see 5 boats at say 500 than 1 or 2 at 1250 !
Surely if we want the sport not just to survive but to grow we have to open it up to more boats.
Thats why we need minimum speed at 21 knots and minimum length 21.
We have to get away from this being an elite sport for the rich.That's why in the '70's we had large fields, if it floated it raced............BUMS IN BOATS..
Another thing if you are only charging X for all then you will get twice the entries....The sport needs the week-end boater aswell as "joe bloggs" in his cruiser......................
Ofcourse the event any event costs but the more entries the less it costs!!!!!!
Why do events costs is because to many ground staff
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i prefer class 4 as it stands at the moment,thankyou very much

Damn - all the weeks of hard work thinking up the class structures, and you are unhappy!
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[QUOTE=verytricky;126601]The fees are the fees. It costs a fortune to put on an event these days. I dont think that the fees are too outrageous. Gotta put them in relation to the distance covered.




If this is a genuine offer, I think we can probably get a class structure together that encompases the majority of the offshore fleet. For many people it is the achievement of having finished, not the winning that counts. Around the cans in a 60 minute course I want to win. CTC I want to finish. Finishing first would be a plus.


sorry mate you misunderstood me....I meant I'll leave you to debate it but it is what it is, and the fees are what they are........

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LUMP IT OR LIKE.........................................nice one, definately the way to move the sport forward............no sorry that is a statement from someone putting on an event out of pressure and not interested in the integrety of this famous race
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sorry mate you misunderstood me....I meant I'll leave you to debate it but it is what it is, and the fees are what they are........

oooooooooops


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Now you got me confused.
Are you saying the fees are set? If so that is your perrogative, no problem with that.
If you are saying the classes are set and can not be changed, then that is unfortunate, and we need to work on unsetting them.


I would really really hate to glue fenders onto the V24 just to enter the race.
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so if it's classes and we can agree a way forward to accommodate everyone then great.....Jim
So what happened to this suggestion?
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[QUOTE=verytricky;126608]Now you got me confused.
Are you saying the fees are set? If so that is your perrogative, no problem with that.
If you are saying the classes are set and can not be changed, then that is unfortunate, and we need to work on unsetting them.




[B]lets just be clear, the fees are set..this sport ain't cheap to race in or to organise....if we .....P1 , can tweak the class definitions with the RYA to bring more racers in then great, more people get to race and we get more entry fees to defray our costs...... all means make suggestions, but do so in a note to Steve Lydon who will do his damdest to make it happen. He'll give you a straight answer as to whether it's doable.




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I have already written to the RYA.

Hopefully we can get something organised.

Do you know that, because you are organising the event as a BASIC RACE, you have the rights to decide whatever clases you think - you do not need to rely on the RYA defined classes. You only need to do so if you are running a National Championship event.

Although it is sometimes easy to take a list of classes from the RYA, the bottom line is that it is you who can define them, you are not forced to follow RYA recomendations.
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Class 4 eliminates the single engine Class III boats as they would be racing against an SR9 Pascoe with twin EFI's or a 28' Batboat with the same engine configuration, and that would be pointless!
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if class lll did run where the hell would you put a liferaft
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I was thinking a lightweight 2 man aircraft one between the navigators legs?
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arh i see,just like when mine had an extra fuel can between his legs going round the iow...........bugger thats was supposed to be kept a secret
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I refer to my previous statement that this has been thrown to-gether without any inteligent thought or the input of anyone a,) interested in the sport and b,) who is not in it for anything other than making a quick buck and to save face
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