Spithill's view of the future for sailing

No, the conditions as they are written do not permit assigning slots at the discretion of the committee; Mr. Spithill will need to go through the petition process.

Is there a nationality rule for the Alter Cup?

Is he a citizen of any of the regions?

I doubt an AC team would be very interested in doing something like the Alter cup or any amateur events for that matter.

Spithill has raced several A Class events.

The blog page is dead - long live the AC.

Try the videos below if you missed the blog.

Part one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoOZ9FPMyx0

Part two
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDHzQH7AuUA

A printable copy is available at:
http://www.sail-world.com/USA/James-Spithills-speech-at-World-Yacht-Racing-Forum/78108

How long will it take us now to replace protest rooms with media rooms?

He'll be sailing the Aus A Class Nationals at Lake Cootharaba Sailing Club Noosa Aus Jan 2-7. I have an Alinghi cap which will be presented to him to use as a doormat!

I got to talk with Jimmy right much at the LAC and he said different. If his schedule allows, I'd put good money on him being there as well as other

beachcat

events.

Those vids are spot on with his views. He's a NO BS straight shooter.

Go ahead JC.

p.s. The pic is the trophy case at NYYC, Tad, so far no implosion.

It's good to see you are keeping up with your redneck ebonics.

First off-Ebonics and redneck don't match=Fail. Vernacular, dialect,slang, or lingo would all be suitable, but not the antonym you chose.
Secondly - it wasn't a little and it wasn't alot = right much.
Thirdly- it's amazing how one hollow ,semi-victory get's you on the judgemental train.

Stick to bashing Tad and Ricky you snob, that was actually funny.

Maybe for you - but I find it all pretty amusing. <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />

I didn't know that Todd was bi-lingual.....

I can't get the banjo music out of my head now. <img src="<>/grin.gif" alt="grin" title="grin" height="15" width="15" />
Dueling Banjos

E-fluff,
I'll take bi-lingual over that bi you've got workin' , anyday.

Christ all mighty, what a bunch of literary sticklers I've stumbled upon. Dinghus how's that work for ya beeeooooooccccchhhhh.

If that's actually the case, then why did Area J get so many petitions (2 I believe) accepted to race when Area F only (barely) got one when we couldn't have our qualifier since it was cancelled due to Hurricane Ike damage? Did Southern California have some earthquakes that cancelled their qualifier?

All open slots are filled with petitions. Once the ranking is done it's just a simple matter for going from the top to the bottom until all the empty slots are filled.

oh, this topic could go so wrong, so fast....

At least during my tenure, Petitions were voted on and ranked. The committee was given some general guide lines regarding the qualifications of the candidates(s) and if they attended their qualifier (with room to explain why they didn't attend...obviously if your area didn't have one, that's a pretty good reason). If there are other issues, the date the petition was received might come into play.

The margins were always very slim between votes on nearly all petition candidates.

Still pretty much the same, next year we plan to put even more weight on Area Semi-Final attendance.

Jay's mind was in the gutter. Apparently mine is, too, because I understood where he was going.

Just when I thought this was rapidly cascading into a series of

If your family tree does not fork...

you guys reeled it in.

Damn it all!

Mike

Wow, you guys are deeper in the gutter than I am...I never saw it 'till now!

Speaking of filling slots, you know why cave men dragged their women around by the hair instead of by the feet, right?

Are you happy now Stank??

Is that head up or head down?

Now that we are discussing the value of our mothers, let's ask - When will the petition process be formally announced for the Arthur Stevens Trophy Youth Multihull Championship?

What's up?

Bert,

I'm rewriting the petition questions now, I've been a little distracted with another AC related crisis which appears to be resolved. We hope to be accepting petitions before xmas.

adding

crisis management

to your skill set will enhance that resume of yours...