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Posted by Alan
on 8/8/2006, 3:46 pm, in reply to "Re: US Nationals"
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Dave, That was very well stated. Thanks from all of us for all your efforts (boatbuilding/newsletters/teaching/putting on first class regattas etc.) I would like to add that the decision to keep Nationals in the East this year was made in part because we wanted a major event for the East sailors to attend who were not able to come West for NA's/Worlds.
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: Excuse my grammatical errors and
: mis-spellings in my previous posting
: as my mind was going faster than my
: fingers while typing.
:
: --Previous Message--
: Jim,
:
: On July 6th I posted a message
: stating that the US Nationals were
: finalized and the dates where posted
: for August 4-6 at Pyamtuning Sailing
: Club. The message is still on the
: board. The Nationals were suppose
: to be held out west someplace this
: year as it was their turn to host so
: we let them take care of it but
: ecasue of attending the Worlds Peter
: and Alan decided they would rather
: let the nationals be held back here
: in the east again as they were busy
: with making preparations for the
: Wolrds, and I can see their point.
: The problem is we didn't have any
: club interested in hosting them and
: there were several suggestions on
: where and how to handle them. At
: the last minute Pymatuning agreed to
: host them but the regatta had to be
: put together rather quickly as they
: have their schedule and hosting a
: major regatta was not on that
: schedule. As i urned out we had 11
: boats register and sail. Two boats
: made the trip up from Florida and
: the other nine were basically local
: boats but a very competetive group.
: Pat Crump won the regatta but he was
: beat in three different races by
: three different boats maing the top
: four boats very tight through the
: second day. Going into the last day
: the second through fourth place
: boats were seperated by two points.
: The second part of the fleet were
: just as competetive on their level
: so the racing and the event turned
: out to be great. PSC held a steak
: and corn roast type diner on
: Saturday and again for something
: that had to be put together at the
: last minute it ended up being one of
: the best Nationals in recent years.
: Now the issue still remains that i
: did post this event back in the
: beginning of July and the message
: board was silent until a week before
: then a James asked who was
: attending. A Cal asked about info
: and Pat and I both answered him and
: he ended up attending. As far as
: promoting a class. In 1998 there
: wasn't one Fireball to be found on
: Pymatuning or Lake Erie or south of
: the Canadian Border until Charleston
: and Florida. Now we have the
: largest fleet of Fireballs in the US
: with ten boats, nine of which sailed
: in at the Nationals. Alan Boeve,
: and Peter Wirth sent me a mailing
: list of boats in the western rgion
: which counts out at nine but I don't
: know how active they are at the
: present moment but they all have
: responded to e-mails and mailings
: that I have sent them via a
: newsletter. There is a group of
: semi active boats around Viginia
: depending on the event and the group
: from Flroida is very active and now
: growing with their numbers
: increasing to three boats. If you
: are a US Fireball concerned about
: promoting the class please respond
: back with your address and phone
: number so I can send you a US
: membership form and put you on our
: mailing so we can keep you informed.
: The class is a tough class to sell
: and promote in these days of youth
: Laser Championships, skiff and sport
: boats, and competeing with older
: more established classes that have
: done a better job of keeping their
: class active like the Lighting Class
: or Thistle Class in our area. If
: you are not a US Fireball, and I
: mean no disrepect to my Canadian
: neighbors as they have helped me
: through the years and I do repect
: their organization. But if you are
: then I suggest to keep your coments
: to yourself as your negative tone is
: what ruined the class in the first
: place and we have no room for
: criticism just for the sake of
: criticizing. I'm not new to
: Fireballs as I can trace my
: involvement back to 1970 and have
: seen the class go from 79 boats at
: the 1976 Nationals to four at the
: 2002 Nationals. This year we had 11
: US boats at our Nationals and we
: still have to get more the guys from
: out west to come here and we have to
: get the guys from here to go out
: there next year. In closing, I use
: to coach High School Football and
: one of my head coaches I worked for
: once told me not to take critical
: fans to seriously. He said the
: stands are full of guys who know
: better then you how to coach, the
: tough part is getting them to put
: down their hot dogs and showing up
: at practices to help.
:
: Dave White US Firball Association
: Secretary/Treasurer
: --Previous Message--
: Come on you guys! You have a
: national
: regatta and no one can find out
: anything about it. No regatta info
: or results. Or if they are there,
: they sure are hard to find. If you
: want to promote the class, you have
: to do better than you are doing.
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