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From: Lisa Twardowski (i14girlcrew@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue 09 Jul 2002 - 05:17:08 BST
Phil,
I believe that some boats didn't show up this year
due to family obligations. For various reasons, the
number of racers has been declining in recent years
(and it's not due to the recent controversy of foils
and other proposals). When tallied up, it looks like
age, new family obligations, and moving too far away
to compete are the main reasons that there are less
boats here. In the short time I raced (since 1996),
the maximum boats I've ever seen on a starting line
for Nationals was 22.
Most people starting out on a 14 are not going to be
competitive anyway. We went racing because it was fun
and the fleet is very helpful to all racers, even
those uncompetitive ones. I look forward to seeing
them at every regatta since my husband still races and
I miss racing, even when we weren't competitive.
Lisa (former crew due to family reasons)
--- Phil Chadwick <nationalsales@bigpond.com.au>
wrote:
> Reading between the lines it sounds like the first
> three boats where quite a
> way ahead of the rest of the fleet. Is that correct?
> Do you think any of
> your members will be put off taking time off work
> and families to attend the
> Nationals next year because they feel they will not
> be competitive? Why is
> it in a Country of over 250 million people you are
> only attracting 12 boats
> to a Nationals?
>
> Please do not regard these questions as a
> backhander. We all need to learn
> from each other and make progress with our numbers.
>
> Regards,
> Pencil
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "nige oswald" <nige@iointegration.com>
> To: <maillist@i14.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:36 AM
> Subject: FW: [I14] US Nationals results
>
>
>
> yep, only twelve boats, racing was pretty close
> between zach and chris with
> steve goodson pretty close behind and very
> consistently third (first three
> boats had foils). Wind was generally between about
> 8-12kts with the sea
> breaze only starting to kick in after the last
> race.....
>
> short and sweet
>
> nige
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Hanke [mailto:cchanke@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 5:31 PM
> To: 14list
> Subject: Re: [I14] US Nationals results
>
>
> Any additional commentary on the US Nationals? Were
> the
> conditions moderate? Zach certainly didn't have a
> slouch crew (Mike Martin, 5o5 World Champ crew, 2nd
> World skipper in 2000).
>
> Were the results accurate in terms of how many
> competitors (12)?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> --- Andy Loukes <andy@loukes.com> wrote:
> > http://www.i14.org/news/usnats2002.html
> >
> > 1st Kris Bundy Jamie Hanseller US1127 7pts
> > (Bieker 2, Bieker mast, Alexander Sails)
> >
> > 2nd Zach Berkowitz Mike Martin US1137 14pts
> > (Bieker 2z, Bieker mast, Alexander main, Ullman
> jib,
> > Irwin kite)
> >
> > The gear is just what I remember them using in
> > Bermuda so I might be
> > wrong...
> >
> > --
> > Andy Loukes
> > Crew, GBR 1445 Pantomime Horse
> > http://gbr.i14.org
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Lisa Twardowski
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