1)     Meeting was called to order at 9:10

2)      Motion to approve the Minutes from Aug 6 - Zoom Conference Central Council meeting.
            Motion to approve the minutes of the Aug 6 meeting. M/S Adam/Sue. Carried via Poll

3)     Class Reviews:  

    1. J 22 ODR Jib HHW update.
      Motion to approve the update to the J 22 ODR HHW. M/S. Owen/Bill. Carried via poll
    2. Shark 24 ODR MGM & MGU update.
      Motion to approve the Shark 24 ODR MGM & MGU update. M/S. Owen/Sue. Carried via poll
    3. Melges IC 37 - possible rating review (not yet confirmed) -
      Motion to increase the handicap +6 in addition to removing the 6 sec PTF. Total +12. M/S Owen/Adam. Carried via poll.
      New rating -9 (-21 +12)
    4. Carrera 290 in Collingwood - CF mast and Mod keel missed.
      Motion to that the Mast & Draft are reviewed before issuing the 2021 Certificate. M/S Owen/Sue Carried via poll

4)    Handicapping items:

a) SPINNAKER:

Max Girth on Sym Spin: It is suggested that we start using Max Girth vs Mid Girth on Symmetrical Sails.
This should be presented at the AGM referencing the ERS as the rule using mid Girth to be in compliance.

Action: Refer this to the TAC for review and reply to CC before the 15th of December.

b) MAINSAIL:

No changes or reviews

c) JIB:

  1. Free Flying Genoas/Code Zero for Point to Point racing
    Motion:     to present this project at the 2021 AGM as part of the PtP rating option. M/S. Adam/Bill. Carried via poll.
    Action: Adam’s PPT (or version of) To be presented at the AGM.
  2. Measurement of all Jibs to identify illegal sails – Owen.
    Action:     deferred to next meeting.
  3. Bloopers
    Clarification of use, legal non legal.
    Action: Owen will draft wording to include in the manual

d) Keels
Adam & Garry Cooke (TAC) - to look at updating the list of keels in our manual and applicable adjustments.
Motion using the list of Keel types and adjustments be incorporated into the Initial Assignment as a suggested handicap adjustment. M/S. Adam/Owen. Carried via poll

e) BALLAST - Owen Schneider
Action: Deferred to next meeting
      a:Collection, b:storage, c: Use (ak), d: Programming nightmare

5) Other items:

a) Benchmark Boat List review - Sue Sproule - A review of the current and potential Benchmark boats
Motion to endorse adding the following boats to the Benchmark Boat list. M/S. Sue/Brian. Carried via poll.

C&C 27-5

C&C 99

J 80

S2 9.1

b) Revise Alert Criteria
1. No alert for 2 years after a handicap Change
2. No alert if no races the previous season
3. Add an Alert criteria using std dev.
4. Add SP ratings to determine if handicap changed
5. Distribute sheet to CC for review - Diana

c) ERS/ORC materials for references - Owen Schneider
Action: Make sure we have the current reference material. Year to year.

d) BOX RULE ratings - Fran Doyle
8 Meter & R-class boats that would like a box rating. Based on boats want to race one design.
8-meter, R-class classic, R-class Modern:
Action: Fran & Larry to speak with class reps on both sides of the border. To come up with a proposal. For next meeting.

e) Maximum ASP's: Owen Schneider & Bill Visser identified several boats in our system with FS ASP that was greater than the NFS ASP.
Discussion: This is an unintended loophole where owners are claiming very small Spinnakers and taking advantage of the new NFS-Deltas values.
Motion: To include a Misc Adj: ‘NFS-ASP must be equal to or greater than FS-ASP’ M/S. Housekeeping item added to manual section 6.2.6
Friendly amendment wording to be: the FS-ASP shall be less than or equal to the NFS-ASP.
Action: Add section 6.2.6 to Handicapper Manual to reflect this.

f) Issuing FS handicaps to Non-FS rigged boats - Bill Visser per EYC District meeting
Action: Bill Visser: Refer back to NSC to advise on specifics on this issue.

g) Nominations- Recommendation on nomination for Assistant Chief Non-GTA.
Action: Bill Visser to nominate Owen to take over position.

6) Projects and Initiatives:

  1. Point to Point ratings – Owen
    Notes included: Not much racing this year. Some handicaps need to be looked at as outliers are obvious in the L0SHR series.
  2. Review of TOD to TOT formula - Alison Jones & Brian Thomson - update on progress (committee findings)
    Action: Alison will get the ORC manual from Adam and review and report back at the next meeting.
  3. CTP discount - Adam Farkas (On HOLD)
  4. Budget Review for Projects - for Executive (1 admin, 4 Contract)
    1. Revised Alert Criteria – 3 hours – project tabled until finances are stabilized.
    2. Addition of Misc Adj (item 5.e) – Ian programming 4 estimated, admin 1 hr
    3. Keels – addition in manual & worksheet – 5 hours   project tabled until finances are stabilized.
    4. Box Rule – 1 hr - project tabled until finances are stabilized.

7)      Adjournment (4:45)

Next CC meetings:

Winter Meeting: February 27, 2021

Items tabled until Winter 2021

Other Class reviews:

Flying Tiger 10m (see Aug 2020)

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