seedog
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There have been a number of threads and numerous posts about what constitutes a Jester Challenge boat. Isn't the clue in the title, it does not say race it says challenge. It is a challenge for each individual skipper to take up and deal with in their own individual way. I have yet to make application to enter as I have a number of things to work out (SWMBO, work kids, dog etc) but since I can enter until the day before the start so what. Even if I don't enter I can still be at the start line and accompany the 'official' entries as can anyone else. My boat does conform to the 'class' but I would value and welcome the company of anyone else who wants to make the journey. I have had a hard time explaining to SWMBO that even if I step up from 22' to 35' I will still get wiped out if I don't pay attention to the super tankers and ferries. I know why the Jester came into being, in so much as the rules of the OSTAR excluded original race participants. I don't want to rock the boat but for me the Jester class has nothing to do with the size of the boat but is actually about the size of heart that undertakes a challenge that does not require a professional team to drag you around the course or mountain (as in Everest expeditions). If I undertake the challenge I know I won't 'win' but I will have won something for myself that no prize giving ceremony could ever give me.
Doug
Doug