Thanks Tom and Thomas for your rigging competition rules input. We
will, of course, have separate steroid and non-steroid divisions. That
probably means we'll have to have a beer and non-beer division too.
I've also noticed that the presence of bikini clad young ladies within
the field of view of the rigging competitor can adversely affect the
rigging time, as well as, whether the mast stays raised or not. We'll
have to take that into account also, by having bikini and non-bikini
divisions.
I'm sure that once we get the rules ironed out, we'll have serious
competitors who'll spend every weekend in their driveways, practicing
rigging and unrigging until they are performing in the mid to high
single digits. At that point, the sports networks will become
interested and rigging scouts will start prowling the neighborhoods
looking for the fastest riggermasters. Naturally, the up and coming
competitors will be the young and agile. This will tend to leave actual
sailing to the codgers and geezers among us. After a day of sailing we
can tune into the sports networks to check the rigging standings to see
if our rigging pool bets have paid off.
Once we get the rules fine tuned, and rigging competition becomes an
Olympic sport, then a professional sport, the popularity of the sport
will soar. Then, most boat builders will start building boats with only
a deck and rigging. There won't be any more need for that pesky hull.
Most hulls are only good for collecting barnacles and springing leaks
anyway. For those who prefer actual sailing, there will be barges that
we can load our decks and rigging onto, for that genuine water
experience so many of us will pine for. Then, someone will wonder how
long it takes other people to load their rigging platform onto a barge.
Some will time the event with the barge already in the water, while
others will load their rigging with the barge in the parking lot and
launch after the rigging and ice chests are loaded. Then we can form a
rules committee and start a new competition.
Bill Day
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