Kinetics Discussion

Bradley

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Discuss away the issues of Rule 42, Kinetics, and enforcement. There is also a great article on page 13 of TLS that goes along with this thread. To Make a post, simply reply to this message using the link above.

Mark Kastel
By now, many you have received the new issue of The Laser Sailor, along with the International handbook. The feature article is an interview with Dick Rose on Rule 42 (kinetics). There's also a sidebar article with comments from the leadership of college and high-school sailing along with a top young competitor.

As per the article, we have asked Bradley Green, who maintains The Laser Forum (http://www2.laserforum.org/vb/), to create a new "space" so that
a discussion can start about the article and how to create a positive climate and eliminate some of the problems surrounding abusing the rules.

Reading the article, you will note that many folks think that not
understanding the real dos and don'ts is the genesis of the problem.

Let's all get on the same page before the season starts!
 
> Reading the article, you will note that
> many folks think that not understanding
> the real dos and don'ts is the genesis of
> the problem.

The real genesis of the problem here, as it seems obvious from the lack of response to this thread since March 21, is an ILCA-NA administration Secretary who:
- called for comments only on this Forum and not on the 1000+ member NA Mailing List that has existed since 1994,
- referred to an article accessible by only the dues-paying ILCA-NA members (some of whom never received the article) to encourage exchange of ideas in a public forum.

Dick Rose's excellent article on RRS 42 is surely not a feature that will turn non-members into members. So, why keep it a secret from non-members or from members from other countries, if you want "all get on the same page before the season starts"? What public purpose does this serve?

This will be remembered as the biggest PR failure of this new ILCA-NA administration.

Shevy Gunter

ex NA member
future NA member
current proud NA non-member
 

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