This spring I read through my 2008 Laser class handbook/rule book. The Laser Master's Worlds "policy" is very poorly worded and I requested that the Laser World Council review it to try to clarify how the event is to be run. Everybody is divied up into the different age groups, and Laser vs. Laser Radial groups, but where "Women" fit into the whole thing is not clear. Yesterday I saw on the ILCA North American website they posted a system on how they propose to limit entries at the 2009 Laser Master's Worlds in Nova Scotia. Again, the qualification system posted on the ILCA North American website was very poorly worded, vague, really gave no pertinent information on how you qualify or how you register to get yourself a spot in the event.
For a different perspective on how an event should be run, see the Welcome Letter for the 2008 US Laser Masters on the New Bedford Yacht Club website. In addition, regatta chairman Roy Tangen said when the club was running the Buzzards Bay Regatta, they noticed that the regatta was being run for the convenience of the organizers, not the sailors. They reviewed their regatta management procedures to "rectify this."
I also find it interesting that you ask a country to host an event (Canada) and then have the gall to tell them that Canadian entries into the event will be restricted in some way. Were Australian entries limited at the 2008 Laser Master's Worlds?
The class is supposed to be run for the sailors, that includes ALL Laser sailors not just the Olympic-types. Why not consider making the Laser Master's Worlds a seperate event, not just something tacked onto the tail-end of the regular Laser Worlds? --Susie Pegel
For a different perspective on how an event should be run, see the Welcome Letter for the 2008 US Laser Masters on the New Bedford Yacht Club website. In addition, regatta chairman Roy Tangen said when the club was running the Buzzards Bay Regatta, they noticed that the regatta was being run for the convenience of the organizers, not the sailors. They reviewed their regatta management procedures to "rectify this."
I also find it interesting that you ask a country to host an event (Canada) and then have the gall to tell them that Canadian entries into the event will be restricted in some way. Were Australian entries limited at the 2008 Laser Master's Worlds?
The class is supposed to be run for the sailors, that includes ALL Laser sailors not just the Olympic-types. Why not consider making the Laser Master's Worlds a seperate event, not just something tacked onto the tail-end of the regular Laser Worlds? --Susie Pegel