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From: Victor (victor@lamb.co.uk)
Date: Sun 20 Jun 1999 - 23:13:32 BST
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> Date: Saturday, 12. June 1999 11:24:27
> From: Peter Harper
> To: Victor Brellisford
> Subject: Re the rules debate on spinnakers
>
> Dear Victor can you pass this onto the 14 list (it doesn`t seem to like my
> emails, it just bounces them back to me)
>
> I am probably wrong, but isn`t all your debate on spinnaker numbers a waste
> of time. At the front of my version of the 14 rules (a small pink book) is the
> following phrase` The ISAF Sail measurement instructions shall not apply`
> This is why 14 measurers never check reinforcing patch sizes (which are
> rigorously controlled in the ISAF rules) for instance.
>
> Further on in the rules there is one headed distinguishing marks, which says
> the mainsail (not the spinnaker, this is not mentioned) shall have the class
> logo on each side plus the country letters and boat number as specified by the
> ISAF rules. In other words the Fourteen rules only borrow from the ISAF ones
> when specifically stated. Before Collin rushes out to make a double luff sail
> (ISAF rules ban these too) these are banned in the fourteen rules elsewhere!
>
> On the Bowsprit issue the rules are actually worded wrongly and I did point
> this out when they were first formulated. The rule on hull length states :-
>
> (a) The overall length of the hull shall not exceed 4267mm including stem
> band but excluding all the rudder fittings, transom flaps, drain plugs and
> stem fittings.
> Stem fittings shall not project more than 25 mm beyond the surface of the
> hull. No fittings or equipment which have the effect of elongating the skin
> of the boat beyond a length of 4267mm is permitted.
>
> Nowhere is the Bowsprit exempted. The fact that a following rule says you can
> have one
>
>
> (b) A bowsprit and a device to support such bowsprit are allowed. Neither
> shall extend more than 900mm forward of the hull. The bowsprit shall be able
> to pass through a ring of internal diameter 140mm. Any device to support the
> bowsprit shall not exceed cross sectional dimensions of 13mm transverse by
> 76mm horizontal. Neither shall extend more than 457mm below the sheerline or
> its extension. A line extended from the jib luff shall not cross a line
> extended from the sheerline more than 300mm in front of the stem.
>
>
> just means that it should be included when measuring the boat. Strictly, as
> the rule is worded at the moment, if you have a bow sprit of 12 inches
> (oo eerrr Mrs) then your stem can only be 13 foot from the transom. I know
> that this is not the intention of the rule and that as it stands every single
> boat is out of class, but that is the meaning of the words as printed in the
> book.
> All that needs to be done is that the bowsprit should be included in the
> exemptions to the length rule.
>
> Cheers Pete
>
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