As you’re planning your 2024 racing schedule, don’t forget about the T-10 Travelers Award. This award was created was to encourage and reward boats for travelling to regattas outside their home fleet. Eligible regattas include the Sailing World Regatta Series Detroit (May 31 - June 2), Sailing World Regatta Series Chicago (June 7 - 9), Cleveland Cleveland Race Week Week (June 14-16) and the T-10 North American Championship Regatta (Aug 22-25).

CMRC RESPONSE

The CMRC evaluated the followup to our response to the proposed rule change to allow adjustable jib cars to be added to the jib tracks for one-design racing. The proposal was evaluated on the following criteria: performance benefits, cost, safety implications, potential loopholes, and feasibility. The proposal failed to meet the final criteria with regard to the LS-10. If a LS-10 owner were to create a mockup of the adjustable jib leads using jib cars with ball bearings, including where to run the control lines, this proposal could be re-opened for consideration.

RESEARCH AND REASONING

The consensus of the professional riggers consulted during the original response was that to be able to move the lead under load, a jib car with ball bearings would be required. The Schaeffer lead car runs on polyethylene liners and does not have ball bearings.

The official response can be viewed HERE.

The CMRC has issued a ruling to define the minimum size of the openings on the vertical surfaces of the Galley and Chart tables and to emphasize that material used create this feature must be mechanically bonded. The ruling can be accessed HERE.

The minutes from the 2024 T-10 Class Winter Meeting are available HERE.