r13 said..Cripes there's some smokies on that list which are absolutely not 1/2 tonners. The Peterson SP30 was never designed to the IOR rule as anything, and used to flog all 1/2 and most 3/4 tonners............likewise the Traditional 30, Clansman, Cav30, Hick 30 and Noelex 30 were never designed to the IOR rule. I recall reading the notice of race a while back and think it mentioned something like "1/2 tonners and other boats around 30 foot" or similar. So great to be inclusive and potentially get a good sized fleet but if SP30s and Hick30s turn up and are not suitably handicapped, everyone else might as well not start.
Ok I just see that they have a "Contemporary Class" - so these designs should go in this. Ideally the list of yachts would have this Contemporary Class separate and these designs listed in it, not in the 1/2 ton list. Not trying to be pedantic just fair.
You're right, some of those boats (Hick, Noelex, Cav 30, Dunc 30) were never halves and would make it useless for real halves to enter. The Noelex 30 actually rated over the old One Ton limit, at around 28.4 IOR! In the past there have been several occasions where they have let faster boats like the Noelex and SP into such classes, and all that happens is that the slower real half tonners drop out of THEIR class.
However, while the Clansman was not designed to the IOR, one of them (Ivan Irving's Talisman, perhaps) was actually the first Australian boat to be rated as a Half Tonner. The class was established under the RORC rule and boats like mine, the Arpege and Scampi Mk 1 were designed as halves under that rule, while older boats like the Clansman rated low enough to fit into the class. There was also one Traditional 30 racing with the CYCA eons ago that rated 1/2 ton, probably more by coincidence than intention.
