This year to date (end of 2006/ beginning of 2007) we still have not received the racing calendar. (not unusual) The people who actually do the racing, voted 10/4 in favour of the sensible handicapping system (IRC), whilst those who do not race offshore yachts, but seem entitled to a vote anyway, voted for the Micky Mouse (ORC) system, so yet again as much as possible has been done to scupper the seasons racing... Unbelievable.!
CYPRUS joins ORC for IMS and ORC CLUB
In a letter dated 16 May 2005, the President of Cyprus Yachting Association, Mr Panayiotis Kontides, has announced that The Executive Council of CYA has decided to apply the IMS and ORC CLUB as their official rating systems for offshore events.
Measurement of yachts has already started with support from ORC measurer Konstantina Sfakianaki (Greece). An ORC Rating office in Cyprus will be opened shortly.
I think that this situation is ridiculous - those who do the racing do not have
as much say as those who sit around in yacht clubs, drinking and talking about
racing! or those who race optimists and lasers deciding the fate of the offshore
yachts.
Ah well.,,, the world seems to be the same in all walks of life. And as for the
rating office ! One captain I was talking to forced the lifting 'committee' to put
the boat they were weighing back in the water because 'the experts' were about
to drop her out of the slings. (She was tipped at an angle of almost \ ) Their
experience was such that they didn't realise that a yacht with a long keel needs
different length slings at each end where a fin keel can use 2 the same
length.... he will not be racing this year.
This year we will not be holding a race in
commemoration of Andrew Ross Clunis.
He was a founder member of Bonatha Yacht Club and was very active in the Cyprus
yachting scene. He won again and again with his yachts - Parang - Water Music -
Brigand of Changi and Witchaway, and on other yachts that he captained.
His wife wanted to put up a solid silver challenge cup to be run on the Channel handicap (the new IRC rules ) of which Andrew was an ardent supporter. She thought it was to be held last October, and met a deadline to import the cups from the UK. When she took them to the club to discuss the arrangements and the handicap, she was told that she had to have the race on the Greek system - she said that the race was to be Channel/IRC. They would not accept (even though Andrew had previously measured all the boats specifically for this season and on the RORC website it states that in Cyprus the rep is Philip Psiloinis philip.psiloinis@cyta.com.cy Larnaca Cyprus Offshore Yacht Club, ) and did not even have the decency to have a meeting about it. It was too late to organise anything then, but one year we do want to sponsor the race.
Please all who knew him, or those of you who would like a good fair race in a wonderful bay (Larnaca ) some when in September / October - some year - let us know here when would be the most convenient for you. We need your support.
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