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From original email 19 Dec 2019 09:04
I contacted Ian Phillips to see if he could remember the course base measurement, he could not but he was at the lake yesterday with George and has come back to me with the measurements as below.
Hi David.
By jove it was cold (lake frozen) this morning, not conducive to outdoor measuring!
However, these are the measurements George and I took from the lakeside markers.
The straights measured 60 metres
Ends measured 23.5 metres
The measurement between the centres of the curves is 71 metres.
I hope that makes sense.Regards and all the best for the festive season.
Ian.Best Regards
From original email 15 Dec 2019 09:45
It is not a short course it is the same length as what we use now, on a race day if you look at the course from the bank on the right side you will see that there is more distance from the end bank than you think there is when standing on the podium. I would not want it any closer to the bank. I do not know which year it was but it was at a Nationals before the car tracks were set up, as you can see we were using our transponders.
I was wondering why you included the Naviga triangle because we do not do speed now and the eco class is run round the M course.Best Regards
From original email 13 Dec 2019 20:12
On the banks on all sides there are markings where the bouys should be and when the course was originally set out to these markings everything was symmetrical and a nice straight course with round ends was achieved, before any change is made I think the original course should be checked with these markings. Personally I think that if the new bouys were set to the markings that would be the best idea and as I said in my previous email if you are going to make the course Naviga size then the top straight should be moved further away but the only problem with this is that it makes it more of a rectangle with sharp corners. Also do not forget that not everybody is interested in Naviga and just want to run their boats, I think that if you start going to much to Naviga you will lose some competitors, with my eyesight not being very good now I was struggling at the Worlds I would prefer to keep the course as it is.
Best Regards
From original email 13 Dec 2019 10:05
Hi Martin
I do not know what the distance is from the bank at the end of each straight at the moment but it does not want to be any closer and the straights do not want to be any shorter so for me the only way is to take the top straight higher. Which of the three options conform to this I do not know.
Hope you have a good Christmas to.Best Regards
David
