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J/30 Southern New England Meeting Thursday 15 Nov. 2007 #1241
10/19/07 03:19 PM
10/19/07 03:19 PM
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Portsmouth, RI
Rhapsody #348 Offline OP
Past J/30 Class President
Rhapsody #348  Offline OP
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Portsmouth, RI
***DATE CHANGED from 8 NOV to 15 NOV***
The following email was sent to all boats we could locate in the Southern New England District. If you read this posting, and are a SNE boat that did not receive this email, please contact me to be added to the list... Also, update your record in the J/30 database so we can find you!
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J/30 Owners of the Southern New England Fleet,

I hope you all had a great 2007 season. It's been a while since we met last spring at Barrington Yacht Club, so we're going to have an informal get together at Bristol Yacht Club to plan for 2008! Included in this invite are boats that are located between Chatham, MA to Mystic, CT.

Details are as follows:

Southern New England Fleet (Chatham, MA to & including Mystic, CT)
**Date & Time: Thursday 15 November, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
**Location: Bristol Yacht Club, Poppasquash Road (Bristol, RI)
Directions are here: http://www.bristolyc.com/bycindex.htm

The agenda for the meeting includes:
1. Introductions
2. Elections (SNE District Governor, Fleet Measurer, new position of Secretary)
3. Report from 2007 J/30 Governors Meeting held in Annapolis 28 Sept 2007
4. Establishment of 2008 J/30 North American Planning Committee
5. Discussion on NB 2008 J/30 One Design & PHRF opportunities
6. Preliminary Indication on Who is Racing & Who can provide Loaner Boats for NAs.
7. Open Discussion then Adjourn & Socialize (Refreshments Available)

You say "wow - my boat isn't out of the water yet and we're planning for next year"! Well there is plenty to get ready for next year. The 2008 J/30 North American Championship will be held on Narragansett Bay, hosted by Bristol Yacht Club September 19-21 2008. We're going to do this up right and make it an outstanding memory for the entire J/30 Class.

Please join us! RSVP via return e-mail or phone Bill Kneller 401.683.4032 at home (leave a message with your name and if you plan to attend). If you are unable to attend, please indicate if you plan on either sailing in the 2008 North American Championship, or would be willing to provide a loaner boat for the North Americans. If you know of other J/30s that I have missed from this list, please let me know so the owners can be contacted.

Thanks!
Bill Kneller
Rhapsody #348

Southern New England J/30 List

(Data Sources - J/30 Class Database, PHRF NE Database & J/30 NB Database)

Code at beginning of row is initial indication of 2008 NA Participation; Y=Race!; M=Maybe Race; N=Not Racing; L=Possible Loaner; X=Not one design legal; ?=I don't have a clue!
State City Hull Boat Name First Last Name

X RI Portsmouth 30 Sheila C., Arthur Smith
M MA Swansea 40 Moody Blue, Ken Van Colen
Y CT Colchester 63 Jeanie, Bob Cullen
Y MA Sutton 79 sonskin, Koos Louw
Y RI Barrington 110 Keltyk Knot, Pat Kelty
Y RI Warwick 175 Good News, John Howell & John Cavanagh
ML RI Jamestown 210 simply sailing, Clifford Kurz
Y RI Barrington 229 Falcon, Charlie Stoddard
Y MA Hyannis 259 Heat 'er Up, Melissa Scudder
ML RI Newport 295 Kaos, Jeff Sammis
M RI Little Compton 327 Flying High, Jeff Brisbon
Y MA Plympton 334 Fireball, Butch Joy
Y RI Warren 342 Karinosa, Steve Adkins
Y RI Portsmouth 348 Rhapsody, Bill Kneller, Steve Howard, Wayne Iurillo, Mike Lisella, Warren McAuliffe
Y RI North Providence 349 Tenacious, Warren Specht
ML RI Cumberland 352 Mmmmm, Bob Rude
Y RI Cranston 357 Blitz, Corey Butlin
ML MA South Dartmouth 369 Dragon, Richard Hitchcock
NX RI Jamestown 409 Breezin, Bruce Underhill
Y MA Marion 419 Brou Ha Ha, Stephen Clark
Y RI Bristol 430 Grits, Mike Campbell
Y MA Somerset 435 Nemesis, Mark Rotsky
Y MA Marion 465 Arbella, Bill Saltonstall
ML RI North Scituate 488 Dexterity, Gregory Dexter
ML RI Portsmouth 496 Jeroboam, Mike Vickers
NX RI Newport 505 Vee Jay, Vic Farmer (Boat now in FL)
Y CT Hartford 508 Surprise!, Bill Cronin (Boat in Stonington)

Northern New England District:
Y MA Marblehead 397 Mallorca, David Bows
Y MA Marblehead 496 Mithril, Justin Byrne

Long Island Sound District:
Y NJ Perth Amboy 485 Blue Meanie, Steve Buzbee
Y NJ Perth Amboy 452 Fuzzy Wuzzy, Bengt Johansson
Y CT Stratford 115 Smiles, John McArthur
Y CT Waterbury 76 Fat City, Carl Sherter

Other District:
Y USVI 289 JDoe, Cynthia Ross


[This message has been edited by Rhapsody #348 (edited 12-03-2007).]

NBYA - Narragansett Bay Yachting Association
Narragansett Bay Yachting Association
The Regional Sailing Authority for Narragansett Bay & Adjacent Waters
The J/30 SNE District is an NBYA One Design Class member

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Re: J/30 Southern New England Meeting Thursday 15 Nov. 2007 #1242
11/04/07 10:06 PM
11/04/07 10:06 PM
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Preliminary indication of SNE Fleet participants in the 2008 NAs is updated with responses through 11/4/07. See the annotated boat list in the posting above. We're locating more boats in this fleet every day!

Re: J/30 Southern New England Meeting Thursday 15 Nov. 2007 #1243
11/05/07 11:59 AM
11/05/07 11:59 AM
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Please add -

MA Marblehead - 397 Mallorca - David Bows


David Bows
Mallorca - Hull# 397
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Re: J/30 Southern New England Meeting Thursday 15 Nov. 2007 #1244
11/05/07 12:20 PM
11/05/07 12:20 PM
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Portsmouth, RI
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Quote
Originally posted by dbows:
Please add -

MA Marblehead - 397 Mallorca - David Bows


David - you're the first "out of district" boat to commit! Looks like Northern New England and Southern New England districts will get the participation numbers up.

Re: J/30 Southern New England Meeting Thursday 15 Nov. 2007 #1245
11/05/07 12:40 PM
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Blue Meanie, #485 out of Perth Amboy, NJ is planning to make it up to RI.


Steve Buzbee
Blue Meanie J/30 #485
Re: J/30 Southern New England Meeting Thursday 15 Nov. 2007 #1246
11/06/07 01:05 AM
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As I toil in the boat yard before launching this week...yes, you can count on J.Doe to participate in 2008. Bill, let me know what your Jan STT trip dates are? We'll go sailing, imagine that.

Re: J/30 Southern New England Meeting Thursday 15 Nov. 2007 #1247
11/07/07 11:31 AM
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It is nice to see the 2008 NA's being promoted early - please keep it going!
To make it an even 20 so far, you can add #452 Fuzzy Wuzzy, Perth Amboy NJ, Bengt Johansson to the list.

Re: J/30 Southern New England Meeting Thursday 15 Nov. 2007 #1248
11/21/07 10:13 AM
11/21/07 10:13 AM
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Portsmouth, RI
Rhapsody #348 Offline OP
Past J/30 Class President
Rhapsody #348  Offline OP
Past J/30 Class President
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 2,668
Portsmouth, RI
J/30 Sailors,

It was great to meet everybody last Thursday. I want to thank all who attended and helped kick off our planning efforts for the 2008 J/30 North American Championship. Mark Rotsky kept the minutes for us which are pasted below (Thanks Mark). Additionally, you will find attached to this email the following documents:

1. J/30 SNE Fleet List with contact information for everyone (Adobe PDF File) - send Bill Kneller an email with any corrections
2. 2008 North American Planning committee list with people who volunteered & committee responsibilities (MS Word File)
3. Master planning schedule leading up to the North Americans - each committee will review and update as appropriate. This MS Excel file also has a tab with potential event sponsors

We missed those who were not able to make the meeting. There are still plenty of opportunities to volunteer and help with any of the committees. If you aren't listed below to help out on a committee, please send me an email and let me know which committee you'd like to help with. Finally, We're looking for someone who is web development / HTML savvy to build some web pages for the SNE District.

Happy Thanksgiving!
Bill Kneller
Rhapsody #348
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Minutes of J/30 Southern New England District Meeting
15 November 2007
Bristol Yacht Club, Bristol, R.I.

Meeting called by Bill Kneller and hosted at Bristol Yacht Club

1) Introduction of Hosts and attendees;
Those in attendance representing member boats were as follows:

Boat Hull Name
Sheila C. 30 Arthur Smith
Moody Blue 40 Ken & Katie Van Colen
Jeanie 63 Bob Cullen
sonskyn 79 Koos Louw
Keltyk Knot 110 Pat Kelty
Good News 175 John Howell represented by John Cavanagh
Falcon 229 Charlie Stoddard represented by Don Miller
Fireball 334 Butch Joy
Karinosa 342 Steve Adkins
Rhapsody 348 Bill Kneller & Warren McAuliffe
Tenacious 349 Warren Specht
Mmmmm 352 Bob Rude
Blitz 357 Corey Butlin represented by Katie & Chris Healey
Grits 430 Mike & Michael A. Campbell (Son)
Nemesis 435 Mark & Kathy Rotsky

Bristol Yacht Club Representatives:
Roger Carney, BYC Treasurer, NBYA Administrator
Chris Healey, Chief Steward

2) District Elections:
The following officers were unanimously voted into office:

Bill Kneller - District Governor
Charlie Stoddard - Fleet Measurer
John Howell - Secretary/Treasurer

3) Report from J/30 Governors Meeting held in Annapolis 28 September 2007 presented by Bill Kneller
- V-Berth cushions: A proposal was made to make these optional for racing since many want to keep them dry. This is a no-cost option that most felt would be beneficial. Some comments were made that this might start a trend for other such changes that would be detrimental to the class. This would be worked and proposed as a rules change to be voted on at the next meeting.

- Alternate Rudder Source: John McArthur brought a sample rudder that was fabricated from templates and build by another source than TPI. It was lighter, but otherwise identical to a J/30 Class rudder. There was a discussion on what the proper weight should be, and if there was any advantage to having a lighter rudder. Weight could be added in the construction process if needed. The action was to have a Naval Architect contacted to determine what the issue was relative to the weight. Once determined, a rudder specification and alternate source of supply could be identified and approved at the next meeting.

- Stove Replacement: Based on the significant forum discussion before the 2007 North Americans, it was determined that a rules change was in order to determine the stove requirements. Discussions included a functional replacement 'weighted' to achieve an equivalent of 18 pounds in the same location as the original stove, to eliminating the stove as an outright requirement. It appears that the stove will be eliminated. A formal rules change will be voted on at the next meeting.

- 2008 J/30 North Americans: The proposal for Bristol Yacht Club to host the 2008 North Americans 19-21 September 2008 was approved.

4) Establishment of 2008 J/30 North American Championships Planning Committees:
The Committees' roles and responsibilities were outlined and committee heads and volunteers were listed as follows:

Regatta Executive Committee; Lead - Bill Kneller with other Committee Leads
Regatta Race Committee; Lead - Mark Rotsky, with Charlie Stoddard, Bob Rude, Mike Campbell, Cory Butlin, Katie Healey

Logistics Committee: Lead - Roger Carney, with Chris Healey, Kathy Rotsky

Communications Committee; Lead - John Howell, with Warren McAuliffe

Finance Committee; Lead - John Howell, with Bill Kneller

External Support Committee; Lead - Pat Kelty, with John Cavanagh, Koos Luow, Arthur Smith

Notional execution schedules were proposed for consideration and example, and more detailed discussions of the concerns and priorities of each committee were reviewed. The need for a fleet Webmaster was identified but no firm suggestions for qualified people were offered. Members agreed to continue to consider possible candidates over the next few weeks.

5) Narragansett Bay One Design tune-up race opportunities:
Various NBYA races were discussed as potential fleet races for 2008 in preparation for the North Americans. As the winter progresses, and the Narragansett Bay club schedules come together, better visibility of the opportunities will be available. This effort will be continued in future meetings. The participation of Roger Carney will be very helpful in the development of schedules due to his insight as NBYA Administrator. It was a general consensus that single day "tune-up" races would be preferred to entire weekend races. Saturday would be the preferred day so boats could travel on Friday, race Saturday and return home on Sunday. Preliminary dates identified for these races are 21 June (Bristol YC hosted), 19 July (Barrington YC hosted), August (TBD in Newport Area)

6) North American Championship participants;
It was reported that between those committing to race, there are upward of 20 boats that may participate from the district. A discussion on loaner boats was also held. This will continue to be nurtured by the Executive Committee and all racing members.

7) Open discussions about Fleet Dues, Class rules, and schedules.

- John Howell sent in a report that indicated the SNE District has $1,280.00 in an existing bank account. There was no decision reached on the payment of dues for the SNE Fleet since the only expenses anticipated will be associated with planning the 2008 North Americans. Everyone was reminded of the J/30 Class Membership/dues requirement to participate in the North Americans.

- Opportunities for group sail purchase were reported with John Howell providing an email indicating he was obtaining quotes from local sail makers. John will distribute this information for those interested.

- Discussion on the opportunities for J/30s cruising the area, and participating in PHRF races was held.

- Discussion on J30.org website and forum. Lots of great help and information out there.

- Discussion on Class Rule for Helmsman (para 6.6) was held. There was some confusion so Mark Rotsky agreed to review this and present it in a manner that meets the rule requirements and allows for maximum participation within the intent of the rule.

- Discussion on what the "amateur" versus "professional" crew requirements was held with a general lack of understanding. Mark Rotsky will clarify this for the upcoming North Americans.

- The number of crew and crew substitution for the North Americans was discussed with a lack of understanding from those who had not been involved before. Mark Rotsky will make sure this rule is clear for the upcoming North Americans.

- Discussion was held on the SNE District qualifying requirements for the North Americans. Consensus was reached that any SNE District boat that met the J/30 National Class rules for participation in the North Americans would be eligible to race.


The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 pm. The next meeting will be scheduled at a later date.


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