Present were Executive Committee members Sarah Alger, Paul Callahan, Don Durant, Stephen Jeffries, Jim Muldoon, Joni Palmer, Dave Rosekrans, John Ross, and Mike Schoettle. Also present was Executive Director Nick Craw and, at the invitation of the President, Dave Irish for item 2, and Bob Lane for item 10.

1.       Minutes. 

  • Motion: a motion was made, seconded and approved to accept the July 22, 2002, Executive Committee minutes.

2.       Competitor Classification Code.  Dave Irish led a discussion regarding whether or not US SAILING should continue its competitor classification code given that ISAF has adopted its code and starting next 2003 will begin requiring that the code be used at all international regattas.  Dave Irish noted that some classes have indicated they would prefer to continue using the US SAILING code.

  • Motion:  a motion was made, seconded, and approved to maintain the US SAILING competitor classification code until further notice.

3.       President’s Remarks.  Dave Rosekrans reported that he recently attended the O’Day Championships and was very impressed with the quality of the event and the athletes.  Harken has just donated a new trophy for sportsmanship to the event.  President Rosekrans also was at the Lightning North Americans -- another great event.  Finally, he attended the UBS Challenge, and said he can’t say enough good things about the event.  President Rosekrans disclosed that he received a jacket from UBS and a cell phone from the US Olympic Committee.

4.       Treasurer’s Report.  Stephen Jeffries noted that the Treasurer’s Report is contained within the
       Executive Director’s Report. 

5.       Executive Director’s Report.  Nick Craw reported that the staff is continuing to gear up for the 2003 budget.  He noted that draft budget guidelines, a schedule and format were distributed earlier for review and approval. 

  • Motion:  a motion was made, seconded and approved to adopt the following principles:

-          The US SAILING base-line budget will show a surplus of $160,000 to $200,000, excluding any capital gains, depreciation or the Olympic Department.

-          The Harbor Court initiatives will be budgeted outside of the base-line budget and in priority order.

-          The base-line budget will contain conservative, defensible line item forecasts.

-          Stephen Jeffries, Dave Rosekrans and Nick Craw will act as an ad hoc budget committee for vetting the budget prior to its submission to the ExCom and committees.

Nick Craw also reported that progress is continuing in identifying new software that can handle and integrate both accounting and the membership database.

  • Motion:  A motion was made, seconded and approved to continue the process of identifying integrated software.

6.       Approval of World Championships.

Motion:  a motion was made, seconded, and passed to approve the following world championships:

-          Etchells - 2003 Greenwich, CT

-          Melges 24 - 2003 San Francisco

-          Laser - 2002 Hyannis

-          Laser Masters’ - 2002 Hyannis

-          Soling - 2002 Marblehead

-          Tornado 2002 - Martha’s Vineyard

-          Star - 2002 Marina del Rey

-          Mumm 30 - 2002 Annapolis

-          Sunfish - 2002 Houston

-          J22 - 2002 Corpus Christi

-          Women’s Snipe - 2002 St. Petersburg

-          Snipe Masters’ - 2002 St. Petersburg

7.       ORC Submissions.  Bruce Eissner noted that four items were offered for submission to the ORC.  See attachment A. 

  • Motion: was made, seconded and approved to send the ORC submissions forward to the ORC/ISAF.

8.       International Officials Applications.  Jim Capron noted that the judge’s committee had submitted names for international appointments. 

·         Motion:  a motion was made, seconded and approved to approve the Judge’s Committee’s recommendations of a candidate for international judge and a candidate for international umpire.

·         Motion:  a motion was made, seconded, and approved to defer consideration of the third application and ask the Judge’s Committee to review further.

 9.       Reorganization Working Party.  Mike Schoettle reported that the working party is recommending that each committee update its terms of reference and review them annually to ensure they are accurate.   

  • Motion:  a motion was made, seconded, and approved that at the 2002* AGM, every committee and counsel review and submit updated terms of reference.
  • Motion:  a motion was made, seconded and approved to accept the Budget Committee terms of reference.
  • Motion:  A motion to establish a Financial Review Board was made, seconded, and failed.   
    *By a motion of the Executive Committee, passed on September 24, this date was changed from 2003 to 2002.  

10.   Committee Appointments. 

10.a.Ron Trossbach was approved as chairman of the Safety at Sea Committee.

11.   Executive Session (Executive Committee members only).  

Meeting adjourned at 10:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

 

Sarah Alger
Secretary
US SAILING

Next Executive Committee meeting - Tuesday, September 17, 2002, at 8:00 p.m. (Eastern time) via conference call.

 

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Attachment A

 

                                            US SAILING IMS Committee

                                            2002 ORC Submissions  

 

Submission 1

Subject:   Revise the Upwind and Downwind Sail coefficients.

Rational:  The general perception of these coefficients is that large mains and small spinnakers are favored downwind and fractional rigs are favored up wind.  USSA and ORC sponsored wind tunnel testing of both the upwind and downwind has provided data, which confirms this observation and gives the required information to make the appropriate adjustments.  In addition the wind tunnel data provides data on the fractional vs. masthead sail plans with varying degrees of overlap. 

Proposal:  With this data in hand, the request is made for the ITC to continue their analysis and formulate the indicated changes to provide a balanced result for the various rigs.

 

“The general perception of these coefficients is that large mains and small

spinnakers (fractional rigs)  are favored downwind and that masthead rigs

are favored up wind."

Submission 2

Subject:  Revision to Wind Averaging as applied to the scoring program.

Rational:  Wind Averaged handicaps are printed on the certificates and is also contained in the scoring program.  This is a current work item in the ITC agenda and also the US IMS committee.  Much wind data has been collected directly form the racecourse by IMS competitors and made available for analysis.  The result is the conclusion that Wind Averaging is an appropriate for use in IMS scoring but the algorithm is to broad in its present form. 

Proposal:   With this data in hand, the request is made for the ITC to continue their analysis and formulate the indicated changes to provide a better balance in the scoring program when using Wind Averaging.

 

Submission 3

Subject:  Asymmetric Spinnaker  Measurements.

Rational:   Currently for yachts choosing the options of combined sail inventory of Symmetric and Asymmetric spinnakers set on a pole, only the largest the largest dimensions found on any sails are printed on the certificate and is used in the area calculation in the VPP. These results in same composite area to be used in the VPP calculation for both of these sails and hence does not properly calculate the sail forces.  In addition, the default dimensions for the sails are different.  This is a source of confusion to owners and sailmakers when planning a sail inventory. 

Proposal:  Add ASL, ASF and SMG for asymmetric spinnakers to the Certificate in place of the non-used CPW, HBI and SPS.  Designate the existing SL, SF and SMW as Symmetric spinnaker measurements.  Rearrange the certificate format to group the various sail measurements in logical order.   Change the VPP to use the actual area calculated from the measured sail dimensions in the speed predictions for the Asymmetric and Symmetric spinnakers.

Submission 4

Subject:  Paragraph 804 (1) Spinnaker configuration;

Rational:  Currently this paragraph allows three choices for the spinnaker declaration, Symmetric on a pole, Asymmetric on Center Line, and Combination of Asymmetric and Symmetric on a pole.   The current wording is requires absolutely precise reading for the correct interpretation, hence is a source of confusion.  No mention is made of the use of a spinnaker pole as whisker pole.  

Proposal:  Change current wording to more clearly define the various spinnaker configurations

Current language

804.     Spinnaker Pole and Spinnaker Tack Point.

          1.       The yacht’s spinnaker configuration shall be declared by the owner and recorded as one of three permitted types:

                   a)  Symmetrical spinnakers only, spinnaker pole allowed.

                   b)  Asymmetrical spinnaker, no spinnaker pole allowed aboard the yacht while racing, any spinnaker to be tacked only on the centerline of the yacht.

       c)  As in (b) above, except that spinnakers are tacked to a spinnaker pole as in (a) above.

Proposed revised language for 804 1 and 804 1 c)  (revisions in blue)

804.     Spinnaker Pole and Spinnaker Tack Point.

          1.      The yacht’s rated spinnaker configuration shall be declared by the owner and recorded as one of three permitted types:

                   a)      Symmetrical spinnakers only, spinnaker pole allowed.

                   b)      Asymmetrical spinnaker, no spinnaker pole allowed aboard the yacht while racing,        any spinnaker to be tacked only on the centerline of the yacht.

                   c)      Symmetrical and asymmetrical spinnakers, spinnaker pole allowed.