Proposed Rule Change
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The Ballot for this and other motions and elections within AMYA will be on the coversheet of your next issue of Model Yachting.
PLEASE VOTE !
A Motion has been filed by Biff Martin # 8784 and John Skerry # 11072 for the purpose of modifying Section 3 of the J Class rules.
The following is a reprint as it appeared in the AMYA Quarterly # 156
Amend the J Class rules Section 3 to read:
3.1 No Restrictions on sail area other than sail area may not exceed the AMYA J Class scale area.
Exceptions: if a model's displacement exceeds the AMYA J Class minimum by more than 10 percent, for each pound over the minimum plus 10 percent, 50 square inches of sail area will be deducted from the allowed area.
3.3 Roach; sail roach not to exceed 2.75 inches, to be drawn as a gentle curve.
The proposals are to be effective 1/1/2011
COMMENT:
I am opposed to this motion. There is a J Class Rules review committee chaired by Dave Brawner, currently in place to address deficiencies in the existing J Class Rules. The committee is taking comments from all J owners in theEC-12 forum concerning the J Class rules. A new set of rules is scheduled to be voted on by the J owners in early 2010. The goal of the committee is to develop a concise and easily administered J Class Rule that an owner can use to take several well defined measurements of his/her model and be assured the the model is legal in the class.
John Hanks III, J Class Secretary