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Dude....this is what I said on like the second page of this thread????
Cmon man....when Pat says it we all listen
More of our rules should be written objectively subjective, like pickle forks.
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Originally posted by sponsonhead
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Cr@p....I really didn't want get dragged back into this fray... 
Dave, I'm not patently against something that could help clarify the spirit and intent of the rule to keep 1/4 straightaway runs limited solely to the use of competition boats. As I mentioned before, that is in fact the intent; and the reason we could not initially include it in the rules is that is that present process for hull registration documentation (well, lack thereof) does not allow an easy way to do that.
Also, let's remember that this is a Big Picture item: this isn't just as simple of thinking about Stock Outboard kilo boats...floaters, laydowns, etc. Whatever is done here should be something that can be implemented across all categories and classes that choose to recognize the quarter mile. I've never seen an inboard specific Kilo boat for example, although I'm sure Ron Hill has. But I digress.
So, getting back to Spirit and Intent....a sticky subject since it is based on subjective criteria, and as such leaves a precarious gray area for interpretation. But, it may be all we have.
Perhaps the best suggestion would be a combination of items, both objective and subjective: First, as previously discussed, limited run-in and run-out lengths of a specified maximum length to negate some of the advantages of running a kilo boat.
Secondly, add a Spirit and Intent clause to the rules that allows the inspector latitude to determine whether a boat is a competition or kilo boat....so that even if Guedo or Wart or somebody else manages to finesse their kilo boat around Lawrence Lake or Dayton and completes a heat, an inspector can look at the boat and declare it ineligible based on their knowledge and interpretation of what constitutes a comp boat and a kilo boat. Like I said, totally subjective and risky....but it does add to the Rule Book a black-and-white statement that 1/4 mile records are intended to be for comp boats.
We all know...and it appears from reading these posts, that we agree....what we are trying to accomplish here. Let's be grownups and make it happen.
R-19
Dave, I'm not patently against something that could help clarify the spirit and intent of the rule to keep 1/4 straightaway runs limited solely to the use of competition boats. As I mentioned before, that is in fact the intent; and the reason we could not initially include it in the rules is that is that present process for hull registration documentation (well, lack thereof) does not allow an easy way to do that.
Also, let's remember that this is a Big Picture item: this isn't just as simple of thinking about Stock Outboard kilo boats...floaters, laydowns, etc. Whatever is done here should be something that can be implemented across all categories and classes that choose to recognize the quarter mile. I've never seen an inboard specific Kilo boat for example, although I'm sure Ron Hill has. But I digress.
So, getting back to Spirit and Intent....a sticky subject since it is based on subjective criteria, and as such leaves a precarious gray area for interpretation. But, it may be all we have.
Perhaps the best suggestion would be a combination of items, both objective and subjective: First, as previously discussed, limited run-in and run-out lengths of a specified maximum length to negate some of the advantages of running a kilo boat.
Secondly, add a Spirit and Intent clause to the rules that allows the inspector latitude to determine whether a boat is a competition or kilo boat....so that even if Guedo or Wart or somebody else manages to finesse their kilo boat around Lawrence Lake or Dayton and completes a heat, an inspector can look at the boat and declare it ineligible based on their knowledge and interpretation of what constitutes a comp boat and a kilo boat. Like I said, totally subjective and risky....but it does add to the Rule Book a black-and-white statement that 1/4 mile records are intended to be for comp boats.
We all know...and it appears from reading these posts, that we agree....what we are trying to accomplish here. Let's be grownups and make it happen.
R-19
Cmon man....when Pat says it we all listen
More of our rules should be written objectively subjective, like pickle forks.
12M
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