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The Treasurer suggested that the subscriptions should stay the same for this
year.
This was accepted by the meeting.

9. Technical Chairman's Report
The Technical Chairman reported that he did not have anything
momentously earth shattering to report. However, in no particular order, he
would refer to boat weighing; NFIA Chairman’s annual newsletter; the UK’s
revised rules and regs; Ed and Cy’s tuning thoughts; helmsman’s seats and
mast and boom black bands.
A. Boat Weighing - To remind you about UK rule 4.0 - a boat is required to be
reweighed if it has been unavailable for inspection for a year; has been
subject to protest and found not to comply with the Ass’s Rules and
Regulations; has been altered, repaired or refitted so that it’s weight or
measurement may have changed; has had its corrector weights altered or
has a change of owner. By far the best place to weigh a boat is here at the
Royal Lymington where the boatmen know what they’re doing and we use a
weighing machine in calibration. The whole thing takes no more than 30
minutes. Alternatively, the TC can travel to weigh a boat elsewhere with the
Ass’s weighing machine, however he would have to charge for expenses.
How the boat has to be presented for weighing is more or less clearly
specified in NFIA Rule 10.0 which together with my guidance notes are on
our website. NFIA Chairman’s Annual Newsletter - Some of you may have
noticed the NFIA’s chairman Per Buch’s annual newsletter which had some
interesting content. Firstly, on the continent they have noticed that boats
gain weight when a mast has been changed from wood to aluminium
whereas the perception here is that it is the other way around. Some time
ago two or three wood masts were weighed here in Lymington on an ad hoc
basis and there was surprise that the minimum weight of the then new
aluminium masts seemed to be less at 37kgs. inc. all fixed fittings, jumper
struts. There is also a minimum ‘Tip weight’ of 17.5 kgs. for the mast fully
rigged, supported at the lower mast point and weighed at the upper mast
point. Out of interest the TC is planning to complete that exercise again and

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