jmruzzi,
Please excuse me if my comments seem to be an attack. I'm an academic researcher. I argue for a living.
Honestly, I suppose none of this matters to me. My PHRF fleet lets me race PHRF base, and it seems unlikely that I'll ever manage to load her up on her trailer and head off to a J30 OD event. but...
I don't find my statement bogus at all. Do we get counted buy race or by boat? At any rate, how many areas have active J30 OD racing? Ches_Bay seems to be most of it. A bit more here and there occasionally on the East Coast? (How much?) Some in Chicago. An occasional invited event in New Orelans (Do they manage to race OD in NO any other time?). Is there anything else? Anywhere?
So, about how many J30s race in at least one OD event each year? 50 (50/545 = 9%)? The class site still seems to be goobered from the recent hacking, but in 2001 there are a few events listed that I expect account for almost all J30s that race OD. I count less than 35 boats (35/545 = 6%). Was there anyone else not listed that raced OD in 2001? A few I'd guess, but not many.
How many boats have been measured as class legal in the last 5 years? 10 years? How many truely class legal J30s exist? I guess few and there will be fewer as the boats continue to age and pass to new owners with projects in mind.
How many race in at least one PHRF race each year? I admit this is hard to guess but 250 (including most of those mentioned above)? (250/545 = 46%).
Should Ches_Bay (and maybe Chicago) dictate the conditions under which the majority of J30s race?
Mark
