Bram and all.
I am another nonmember subscriber - I am also very impressed with all
the development work that Bram has put into the boat and the class. When
my circumstances and sailing skill allow I shall definitely build one of
these beasts, especially if the class will be promoted in the UK - I'd
love to see a fleet of these boats at Loch Lomond where I sail.
However, whilst I don't agree with our malcontent friend Eldon on most
of his points, as a professional engineer, I can sympathise with some of
his views. Namely that paper is not the best medium to send out what
amount to precision templates. No one doubts that we can all cut
accurately to a line but think about using glue on paper, it can often
cause the paper to shrink as glue dries (depending on the glue). As the
class grows would it not be possible to supply a set of computer cut
templates which are guaranteed not to change shape when stuck to board?
I would have thought the cost of producing a set of templates in
self-adhesive, stable, computer cut, plastic film (mylar perhaps as
Eldon suggests) would be a few tens of dollars. Suitable machinery
exists in the sign writing industry for cutting sign-writing vinyl
directly from AutoCad or similar files. Or if this is prohibitively
expensive perhaps you could provide proper dimensioned plans or at the
least print dimensions on to the paper templates so that these can be
checked by hand for shrinkage after the plan is glued down?
Then it does truely come down to builder skill as any patterns used to
gauge the fairing of the hull will be identical to those of a measurer.
Surely this is just good sense? I for one would be happy to pay a small
premium to have the same measuring tools as an official measurer, and it
would silence any who suggest that CNC has an advantage.
Just my tu'pence worth, apologies if I have missed the point
Regards,
Andy Howlett
Loch Lomond Sailing Club
Laser 4000
GBR4050
-----Original Message-----
From: BDally6107@xxxxxxx [mailto:BDally6107@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 26 November 2003 16:27
To: rob1416@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: unsubscribers
Rob and other nonmember subscribers,
I hope you will re-subscribe soon. The rules issue is a one time deal
since future changes will be debated and voted on at general membership
meetings unless the class decides otherwise. Live meetings tend to keep
things more rational.
Unlike the problems in many of the other classes, these rules are for a
new class and one should expect some issues when the constitution and
direction of the class is being established.
I can tell you that this is the best group of people that you are likely
to find in any class. Laying this groundwork requires a lot of effort
and we've received input from a large percentage of the class members.
Most of those people have helped me silently and without much
recognition. Some have devoted an unbelievable amount of time and
energy to solving problems.
Please don't let one malcontent taint your image of our class. If you
could see my email (god forbid) you'd realize the unity of this group of
sailors as a whole. I think the final vote will demonstrate that unity.
Best regards,
Bram
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