[Rg65coa] RG65 News for January 2019

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2018 was a quiet year for the class. The interaction between the RG65 International Class Association and the International Radio Sailing Association ended with mutual agreement that the two organizations would go their separate ways. There was then a change in IRSA officers and the issue is back on the table. I will keep the you informed and as always no changes can occur without approval by vote of the membership.

The 2018 NCR was held in Florida in March and won by Calvin Obara. The 2018 Rio Grande Cup was held at Albuquerque in April and won by Brian Tracey.

The Rio Grande Cup will be held in Albuquerque on April 27 and 28. The Notice of Race will be posted shortly; watch dcmyc.org <http://dcmyc.org/> for it.

The National Championship was be held in San Diego on October 19 and 20. It has now been cancelled owing to the revocation of the event permit by the San Diego city government. The permit was revoked because there is a public event scheduled that weekend and the city felt parking would be impossible. There were no other open dates on the Argonauts’ schedule. We are now without an NCR and desperately need a club to volunteer to host one.

The class also needs more clubs to hold Regional events. At the time of writing all Regional championships are available for bid. The Class and the AMYA provides both technical and financial support for these events. If your club is interested, please contact me at rg65 at theamya.org <mailto:rg65 at theamya.org>

Darrell Krasoski, the DF65 class secretary and I have been working on a joint statement regarding overlapping registrations of DF65 and RG65 boats. I’ve put it at the end of this email and I welcome your comments.

Here is the financial report for 2018:

Balance as of 26 Dec 2017: $913.93

Income as of 9 Dec 2018: 11 registrations @ $7.00: $77.00

Interest earned: $0.52

Balance before expenses: $991.45

Expenses: 11 PayPal fees @ $0.50: $5.50

Current net balance: $985.95

DRAFT JOINT DF65/RG65 REGISTRATION POLICY

BACKGROUND

An unmodified Dragon Force 65 qualifies for membership in both the DF65 and RG65 class. This dual eligibilty leads to a minor complication for AMYA members and clubs in writing Notices of Race and Sailing Instructions. A further complication is introduced because the DF65 COA registers boats and the RG65 follows its International organization and assigns sail numbers to skippers, who apply that one number to all the boats they own. The class secretaries of the DF65 and RG65 Class Owners Associations have agreed on the following policy to deal with the options available to a DF65 owner.

The most important issue deals with National and Regional Championships. The AMYA by-laws specify that participants in such Championships must be AMYA members and their boats must be "properly registered in its class." (8.3.1)
This means that participants must have been assigned a sail number by the appropriate class secretary.

OBLIGATIONS ON SKIPPERS

What this means for DF65 skippers is best explained by example. Let's say you have a DF65 and have registered it with the RG65 class secretary, as so many people have. If you want to sail it in a DF65 National or Regional Championship *as a DF65* you must go to

https://dragonforce65.us/df65usa-registration-form/

and apply for a sail number *as a DF65.* If you request the same last two digits as your RG65 skipper number then there will be no need to change anything on your boat. So if you have RG65 skipper number 1234 your boat may be registered as DF65 9934, but sail number 34 works for both. The same request works if you have three digits on your sail.

Conversely, if you have registered your Dragon Force with the DF65 class secretary, and you wish to sail it *as an RG65* in an RG65 Regional or National Championship you must go to

https://form.jotform.com/51734355969165

and request an RG65 skipper number, again with the ability to keep the last two or three digits (and therefore the number on your sail) the same.

So the bottom line is: If you think you are going to compete with your Dragon Force as a DF65 in some events and an RG65 in others, you need to have both a DF65 sail number and an RG65 skipper number. If you think you are going to only sail it as a DF65, all you need is a DF65 sail number. If you think you are only going to sail it as an RG65, all you need is an RG65 skipper number, the last two digits of which are your sail number.

OBLIGATIONS ON CLUBS

If a club is holding a Regional or National Championship, they have no option but to conform to the AMYA bylaw and require registration in the appropriate class. To do otherwise invalidates any Championship they award. 

If the club is holding any other kind of event, the club must decide whether registration is required. 

In either case clubs should make it clear whether registration is required in the Notice of Race and Sailing Instructions for the event. 

Here’s best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year and great sailing.

Cheers,

Earl

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