Chris Wood
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since there is chatter about the lack of turn out in the race section on the nats i figure without posting there i would start this. i am curious what everyone thinks the decline over the yrs has been for the nats.
the nats was supposed to be the premier race for the governing body. it has fizzled to nothing over the yrs for the most part.
i would like to discuss it and try to figure out a way to revive it.
with that being said. i am not going to suger coat things either. My opinon of why is that there is to many classes.. way to many. and to long of time frame.
the other thing and personally i think this is the main issue.. having a club host it. nobody ( or very few ) want to mess with it. to much work. very little profit made, and again to much time..
why couldn't we make it a 3-4 day even the same time every yr. split it .. you have the outboard nats. hydro nats. and mono nats..
or we look at cutting classes all together. i know it is hard to do but it is a fact either the boats change to survive or we don't. i know with cars over time classes come and go. guys complain but they either build another car/truck or don't race.. pretty simple.
curious how this discussion will go.
keep it civil please
chris
the nats was supposed to be the premier race for the governing body. it has fizzled to nothing over the yrs for the most part.
i would like to discuss it and try to figure out a way to revive it.
with that being said. i am not going to suger coat things either. My opinon of why is that there is to many classes.. way to many. and to long of time frame.
the other thing and personally i think this is the main issue.. having a club host it. nobody ( or very few ) want to mess with it. to much work. very little profit made, and again to much time..
why couldn't we make it a 3-4 day even the same time every yr. split it .. you have the outboard nats. hydro nats. and mono nats..
or we look at cutting classes all together. i know it is hard to do but it is a fact either the boats change to survive or we don't. i know with cars over time classes come and go. guys complain but they either build another car/truck or don't race.. pretty simple.
curious how this discussion will go.
keep it civil please
chris