Cutting a slot in a carbon mast

[Deep Purple 511]

The easy answer is to just do your own thing. But you can't. If your boat sits on a trailer and is not a sport boat you have no choice but to comply with the nztya rules or you can't even go and race in a mixed fleet. No other type of boat in Nz is tied to the type association in this manner. Keelboats , multihulls and sportboats, even dinghies do not write their own rules and then insist on personally inspecting every boat and rejecting those they feel don't meet their agenda 
 

 

[Clipper 343]

You cant call yourself a keel yacht with a lifting keel?

[Deep Purple 511]

According the rules, not if you arrive on a trailer  

bullshit I know

i'm registered as a keel yacht anyway and I comply to cat4 keelboat rules

 

 

[Ex Machina 365]

3 minutes ago, Clipper said:

You cant call yourself a keel yacht with a lifting keel?

Handicap issues arise there though if it were possible . 
 

In distance races DP in the right conditions would be duking it out with the captains of industry in their super expensive 40 ftrs . Great fun for him but a massive imbalance of the scales 

[Ex Machina 365]

9 minutes ago, Deep Purple said:

According the rules, not if you arrive on a trailer  

bullshit I know

i'm registered as a keel yacht anyway and I comply to cat4 keelboat rules

 

 

Ah well you can’t come and race with us then in October ! It’s a trailer yacht regatta