2000 IC Technical Committee Meeting Minutes
April 15
Manhasset Bay Yacht Club
TC Members in attendance representing seven fleets:
Steve Moore Manhasset Bay Chair
Steve Braverman Winthrop
Steve Kirkpatrick Scituate
Neal Fowler Hyannis
Don Lovelace Indian Harbor
Dan Ronan Larchmont
Tom Stout Annapolis
One more Steve and Steves will rule!.
Other attendees: Paul Jon Patin and Andy Pimental
Three items were on the agenda:
1. A proposal to allow the sleeeving of broken masts.
The problem with sleeving masts is that it changes their bending
characteristics, stiffening them and making them faster
at least in some conditions. Although Committee members were sympathetic to
the fact that our rules effectively prohibit
repairing a broken mast, they felt that a sleeved mast would give its owner
an unfair advantage. Further, they pointed
out that a new Zephyr tube was not very expensive.
The vote was 7 No, 0 Yes.
2. A proposal to allow longer sail battens.
Proponents suggest that longer battens would increase the competitive life
of IC sails. Further, in discussions with the
class's sailmakers, the consensus was that they felt it would have no
effect on the speed of a new sail. However, the
committee felt that the existing sails hold up very well, and therefore
changing the sail is unnecessary.
The vote was 7 No, 0 Yes.
3. Andy Pimental of Jibe Tech asked to address the committee. He would like
to build ICs. Andy suggested that he could
lower the price of a new boat substantially if he could go to a deck mould,
which incorporated the deck, the partner, the
air tanks and the thwart. His estimated price was $4000.
Andy indicated that boats built in this manner would be no stiffer than
those which have had their gunwales boxed in and
stiffened (about 40 hrs extra labor). Further, he stated that he would be
much less interested in building ICs if he had to
build them with the old style moulds.
Separately, Andy asked about making carbon fibre blades, which he felt
would be less expensive than wooden ones. The
committee was concerned with the potential for extra stiffness using
carbon. They reserved decision on this one pending
more information.
The committee requested a written proposal from Andy, detailing what he had
in mind. This document will be circulated
amongst the committee members before proceeding with Jibe Tech.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully submitted
Steve Moore
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