gouvernail said:75% of the membership is over 35
154537 said:noticed that a huge % of it is devoted to master's issues and results. i was wondering if anyone else out there agrees that the master's should have their own, separate magazine...
154537 said:I recently got my fall laser sailor and noticed that a huge % of it is devoted to master's issues and results. i was wondering if anyone else out there agrees that the master's should have their own, separate magazine...
to fill the empty space their could be more technical articles that talk about technique, training, etc...
torrid said:Isn't regatta coverage largely a result of someone who got up off their butt, wrote something, and sent it in? If you're not seeing enough coverage of your particular events, maybe you should take that as a hint.
154537 said:I recently got my fall laser sailor and noticed that a huge % of it is devoted to master's issues and results. i was wondering if anyone else out there agrees that the master's should have their own, separate magazine...
to fill the empty space their could be more technical articles that talk about technique, training, etc...
gouvernail said:Just a few inflammatory comments.
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Summary:
We need one Laser with one rig and one sail for all sailors so we can all go to the same starting line and have sailboat races around the same courses.
Certaionly the little folks will win in light air and the big folks will win when the wind is 15 to 20. When the wind is 0 to 5 or over 20 size will not matter and technique and tactics will separate the sailors from the wannabe sailors.
Flame away!!
sailor327 said:the past 3 comments have made me wonder why we have rule 42. Rule 42 just takes away another aspect of this ever evolving sport, it seems like the only reason it is there is because people, coughmasterscough, complained about it and they thought it gave other people unfair advantages casue they couldnt do it as well as them.
Laser170806 said:I think the reason none of the young guys step up and take positions within the class is that we don't have time. I for one try to sail every moment I can but between school, homework, and work it is hard to sail more than twice a week, much less participate in the class.
Georg W.F. said:If there is no school there is work, and if there is no work or school there is sailing. I don't know if time is the reason. We all have time limitations (yes we are mortal)!
In any case, I often encounter people (both young and old) who think that if you pay the entry fees for regattas and your club fees, you are entitled to an unlimited amount of sailing. Many sailors have never been on a RC. I can not explain this phenomenon, but I think clubs need to educate their members and tell them very clearly that sailing is made possible by volunteers and that you are also supposed to step up the plate once in a while. That can mean that you run a crashboat once a month, that you help with race committee work, organize a regatta, write for the Laser Sailor, or do some maintenance work on the club house.
In other words, it is not a choice between school or work and sailing, but between sailing every race or sailing 95% of the races.
Georg
Thats why if i have kids im goin to help them develop a love for sailing, im going to have enough kids to have my own little sailing team. and ill have the gigantic money tree in the back to fund it.Rob B said:it'swork and family obligations, (like your kid that has soccer games or something)
BRace said:Getting back to the original topic - two thoughts
1. the class should be catering to the younger set or else it will die off. I had the same impression when I saw the Laser Sailor - why is there an master (grand?) on the cover? Why not some attractive youngster?
2. Why is the class still printing a magazine? It is costly and quite honestly boring.
The class should take the money they save on printing and postage and spend it on a website that people want to go to and use.
gouvernail said:Summary:
The current newsletter format is a waste of our resources and we could be doing a much better job for a lot less money.
BRace said:Getting back to the original topic - two thoughts
1. the class should be catering to the younger set or else it will die off. I had the same impression when I saw the Laser Sailor - why is there an master (grand?) on the cover? Why not some attractive youngster?
2. Why is the class still printing a magazine? It is costly and quite honestly boring.
Cool fabulous!!SFBayLaser said:Actually... the current newsletter format is less than one week from delivery of pdf file to mailing and many people are now receiving TLS within 2 weeks of Jerelyn shipping to the printer (remember that we send bulk mail).
Maybe a pretty shiny newsletter is so impressive to the typical person that everything else is by comparison a minor consideration in the resulting perceived value.SFBayLaser said:More importantly, TLS has now become self supporting (in fact, it even made a little bit of money this last issue) since the magazine is a great vehicle for Laser specific advertisers to reach their market and, judging by demand, they really like it (thank you advertisers!).
SFBayLaser said:BUT~!! believe me, getting next year's regatta schedule for all the Districts by December 15 is an impossible task).
SFBayLaser said:Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!