[Capri25] E vote

[John Speltz]

I like what you guys said .

 

An E-vote would help.  With all the time constrains, it really should be
organized along those lines. I thought a "Capri officers only " evil
communications network would be in order.  In that way a stupid comment
(like my anchor comment) wouldn't get whipped up into a shark feeding
frenzy.  Once the fleet officers have worked through all the kinks via
electronic communication, the ideas could be brought before the general
fleet - having already been largely hashed-out.  

 

Thanks OT!  You IT guys will eventually rule the free world.

  

 

From: capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org [mailto:capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org]
On Behalf Of Bert Foster
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 9:36 AM
To: 'Capri25 at lists.wyc.org'
Subject: [Capri25] E vote

 

The WYC Board of Directors has an evil process and does it all the time.

 

From: capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org [mailto:capri25-bounces at lists.wyc.org]
On Behalf Of Odell Tuttle
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 9:50 AM
To: John Speltz
Cc: Capri25 at lists.wyc.org
Subject: Re: [Capri25] anchors away my boys

 

John,

 

You make good points.  This is another example of why I would like to
propose a e-vote rule.  In this day and age of technology, we should be able
to make decisions as a fleet without requiring everyone to get into a room.

 

Thanks again for serving your fleet.  You were a great Fleet Captain!

 

OT

 

 




 


Odell Tuttle

Chief Technology Officer
XRS Corporation
965 Prairie Center Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55344
c 651.925.7728
 <http://www.xata.com> www.xrscorp.com

 

On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 9:38 AM, John Speltz <johnspeltz at comcast.net> wrote:

Congratulations to our new fleet captain, Temple.  I know you'll enjoy the
job and be a great service to the fleet.

On another topic, I was disappointed in the rule change regarding our
anchors.  I understood the change to an 8 pound anchor rule was to make the
weight uniform across all competitors and to promote safety.  And I am all
for that . but, here is where I disagree.

If a Capri 25 is currently carrying a lighter-weight anchor, they could
logically add chain (or more chain) to get to the 8 pound minimum weight
plus greatly increase the holding power of the hook with this extra chain.
This is a win-win solution.  The combined weight of the anchor, chain and
rode all weights the same plus the holding power is greatly enhanced with
more chain. 

With the recent rule change, many owners will have to, unnecessarily, buy
another anchor when the hook they already own could be easily retrofitted.
This was not well thought out.  In addition, there is a backhanded incentive
to ditch existing chain, thus reducing the safety of the anchor.  It makes
no sense.

I am not sure this was talked about amongst other Capri 25 owners.  I never
got the impression that there was a rules "committee" involved in the
decision where other points of view could be brought up.  I am concerned
that the lack of forethought and logic will prompt a low level of
compliance.

I feel sad that it might be too late. But I hope we could somehow re-address
this issue.  I did not think it was my place, as fleet captain, to argue the
point that night.  

 


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