Mike--
My read on this is that the sender, "Engineered Textile Products, Inc.", is a manufacture of flags and this e-mail to you is a clever way to drum up business. We don't have a "Class flag" per se and I don't know of any fleet in Southern California who does. Al is exactly right. The "class flag" that the race committee is encouraged to fly at the start of a particular class is a flag (e.g., a Q or R flag) that the race committee designates in the race instructions as that class' flag for that start for that race.
That being said, the idea of an official Santana 30/30 class flag is an intriguing one. Imagine the impact on other participants in a regatta if each member of our little group were to receive a small class flag upon paying his/her membership dues and encouraged to fly the flag whenever heading out to the starting line, particularly in events where the Santana 30/30 fleet has its own start. Imagine also the race committee being loaned the official, larger version of the class flag to use on the committee boat to designate the start of our class (instead of a randomly assigned letter flag, as is the current custom). It would sure get us noticed!
What do you guys think? Any idea about the cost involved?
John Heaney (SPIRIT)
Fleet Captain
Mike Guccione wrote:
> John I guess this request is for you. Where do we keep our supply of class
> flags? What do they look like?
>
> Isn't this guy taking the new system a little to literal. Can we designate
> The Q flag as our class flag? I never expected that the new rule was looking
> for flag that belonged to the Santana 3030 fleet. What gives with this
> request?
>
> Mike Guccione
> 818-502-2600
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sam Feibelman [mailto:sam@etpinfo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:01 AM
> To: innove8@msn.com
> Subject:
>
> March 6, 2001
>
> Dear Sailor,
>
> The sailing season is around the corner and we would like your help. As
> you know, the rules of sailing have changed and class flags are
> recommended on the starting line. Do you sell your class flag? If so,
> can we purchase some from you or from your vendor? You can either fax
> this letter back to us at our toll free fax number 888/222-8277 or
> e-mail me at sam@etpinfo.com.
>
> For more information about new starting system. Check out at
> www.ussailing.org/racemgt/New_Starting_System/index.htm
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sam Feibelman
> Engineered Textile Products, Inc.
> P.O. Box 7474
> Mobile, AL 36670-0474
Received on Tue Mar 6 14:28:27 2001