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Minutes of
National Offshore Council Meeting Chicago,
Illinois 24-25 March
2000 CALL TO ORDER: 0935, March 24, 2000 MEMBERS
PRESENT: Paul Ansfield (LMPHRF), Craig Brown (TPYC), Larry Bulman (STC), Bruce Campbell (PIYA), Bill Doelger (Multi-Hull Council), Bruce Eissner (YRUMB), Karen Barnes (PHRF-LE), Buddy Garapick (PHRF-LE), Gene McCarthy (LMSRF), Ken Morrison (RHORC/HPHRF), John Osmond (SMYRA), Talbot Wilson (Gulf YA/PYC), Robert Thomas (CBPHRF), John Collins (PHRF-NE), Dan Van Heeckeren (ILYA), Gary Hendrickson (LMSRF). GUESTS: Peter Reichelsdorfer (IMS), Mark Harris (USSA PHRF), Gary McPike (Area J), Barry Carroll (Offshore Teams), Larry Dawes (Area C), Peter Millard (CCA), Alan McIlhenny (IMS), James Frederick (Area E), Matt Pedersen (SASC), Deborah Schaefer (Multihull Council), Bill Keith (USSA PHRF), Chris Pastore (Sailing World), Taran Teague (AYC), S. F. Horwitz (SASC), Bruce Bingman (USSA PHRF) and Dan Nowlan (USSA) REPORT OF
SECRETARY: A) The minutes of the meeting of October 28, 1999 were approved, B) Communications: Dan Nowlan reported that almost 800 invitations to join NOC were mailed out to clubs and offshore sailing organizations. Ken Morrison reported that only one response had been received from the mail out. The problem is finding individuals in clubs or sailing organizations that are interested in being part of the NOC forum. REPORTS FROM
COMMITTEES: A) Dan
Van Heeckeren, our Web Liaison, advised that we should post the minutes of
our meetings on our web site. Ken Morrison said that he would forward the
file of the minutes to Dan so that he could make this posting. B) Bruce
Eissner reported on the following ISAF issues: 1) Advertising
Code. The proposed new advertising code was not adopted at the November
meeting of ISAF. Action is being taken to modify the code and it will be
presented at the ISAF mid-year meeting for approval of the Executive
Committee. It will then be submitted to the ISAF Council for approval in
November. 2) ISAF-ORC
Marriage. Plans continue under the terms of the letter of intent to bring
the ORC into the ISAF organization while retaining the ORC structure as a
separate entity. 3) Eligibility. The ISAF eligibility rule is on hold and is being reviewed with the eligibility rules of other member national authorities. NATIONAL
OFFSHORE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, PAGE 2 4) Bruce Eissner emphasized the need to get control of the offshore elements on the web site. Offshore must have a separate identity so that offshore sailors can find the site and the information that we have for them. We can provide more information than any other element of US SAILING, but we must be identified if our users are to find us. C) National Offshore Championships 1) The Chairman reported that the 1999 National Offshore Championship Regatta held at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis was a very successful event. Excerpts were read from a letter from the winning team from Seattle. Photos and a newspaper report were passed around. 2) Gary McPike reported that the 2000 National Offshore Championship was on track. Funding has been received from Disney Land and the event is to be held at Long Beach Yacht Club October 5-8. LBYC plans to offer crew housing with LBYC families in the manner they do for Congressional Cup. Area J will hold their trials for selection of their area team August 19-20. 3) Fleet Development: The Chairman reported on the concept he had put forth during the fall meeting in Baltimore. The concept was to obtain 9 or 10 Mumm 36s from the USNA and other sources. To then establish an organization to manage the boats that would be provided for the Lloyd Phoenix and other championship events in the United States. The Chairman had received very little response to his proposal and had come to the conclusion that there was very little synergy to support the concept. It may be too large a concept to be adopted at present. 4) Support Sub-Committee: The Chairman proposed that a sub-committee be formed to manage the scheduling and supervision of the National Offshore Championship events. It was recommended that a working party be formed to undertake this task. It was agreed to form Lloyd Phoenix Trophy Working Party. The Sub-Committee will include Chuck Fuller, Bruce Campbell, Larry Dawes and Gary McPike. D)
Rating Rules – IMS, PHRF, Ratings Plus. A spirited discussion
ensued regarding the various measurement and rating rules in effect in the
United States and elsewhere. As E) Crew Lists: Paul Ansfield reported that he had reviewed a number of web sites handling crew lists. Of those listed only a few were still active. Two seemed to be pretty good site. He pointed out that if we decide to provide this service to our constituency; it must be put up quickly and be maintained on a regular basis. This would require 20 to 30 hours of programming and regular maintenance of the material as it ages. It would be a problem for volunteers to do, so it should be professionally managed. It would require initial funding to set up the site and then there would be maintenance fees associated with it. Paul then produced a draft registration document for crewmembers interested in putting NATIONAL
OFFSHORE COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES, PAGE 3 their names into a NOC Race Crew Registry. Members of the Council were asked to review the format for data input and provide comments back to Paul Ansfield. NEW BUSINESS: A) Professional Sailing Development. The agenda included discussion of the National Sailing League. However, the announcement that the NSL concept is being terminated made this a moot issue. During ensuing discussion the question was raised regarding the potential increase in local racing of professional sailors returning from the America’s Cup races in New Zealand. In general it was felt that the present policies contained in the offshore class rules and the US SAILING Eligibility Code will be able to handle the situation without any problem. B) The Chairman noted that it was a policy of the NOC
to replace members on the ADJOURNMENT: Meeting adjourned at 1545 hours on Saturday, March 25.
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