can you amend your email addresses for me.
The one you have used jordan.afe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx is dead as of the
other day.
Please use jordan.spencer@xxxxxxxxxx at work, and
jordan.spencer@xxxxxxxxxxx for home
cheers
jordan
-----Original Message-----
From: BDally6107@xxxxxxx [mailto:BDally6107@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, 26 December 2006 2:49 PM
To: swiftsolo@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: New member and other stuff
First, a big welcome to our newest builder / member, Karl Schulmeisters.
Karl is another past 49er sailor from Seattle. He and I sailed against
one another during the 49er peak years.
I hope everyone had a great Christmas!
Regarding fleet growth:
Seattle and Vancouver BC have become the two fastest growing areas for
Swifts. Both places have benefited from the pool of both keel boat and
dinghy sailors and will soon have legitimate Swift Solo fleets. The
advantage for these areas are partially the result of continuing
exposure to Swifts over several years. For those who are interested in
starting fleets in other locations, one of the best things you can do is
likely to keep your Swift in front of the sailing community week after
week. You'll be surprised how cooperative other classes are for club
events if you ask to race with them (preferably 505's or 49er's or
I-14's or some other quick class). The speed, beauty, and relative ease
of sailing go a long way toward helping sailors realize that there is
an exciting alternative that doesn't require coordination with someone
else's schedule.
The supply of commercially built Swifts is a problem that we'll need to
address in the next year or so to ensure continued rapid growth. There
are currently no used Swifts for sale. In Seattle and some other places,
the demand exceeds the supply (we have Kris booked for a while yet).
Hopefully we'll be able to discuss possible solutions in July at
Huntington Lake. By then, we should have a better handle on the number
of commercial Swifts being built verses the demand. At that time we can
better determine if the shortage will likely spread as Swifts are
introduced and sailed in other places around the world and formulate an
appropriate plan to deal with it.
Thanks to everyone for your concern over my recent health issues. I'm
happy to report that recovery is going well and I plan to be stronger
than ever at Huntington (are you listening Kris?)
Have a great new year.
Bram
PS I've attached a copy of the latest forestay PDF
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