What are we, PYC, looking to accomplish

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Time for Change

• What are we, PYC, looking to accomplish?
• Who do we want to get involved?
• How do we accomplish our goal?

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What we think we need to promote sailing.

• The club needs a well rounded class.
• We need a boat that draws sailors of all ages.
• We need a boat that is inexpensive but not poorly
  built.
• We need a boat that easy to manage and
  trailerable but not difficult to rig.
• We need a class that is privately owned.

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The LIDO 14
Specifications
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Easy to rig

• The Lido 14 is deck stepped easily buy one
  person.
• The boat has simple controls
• Traveler
• Vang
• Outhaul
• Cunningham
• Mainsheet, and jib Trims

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• - The Lido has a national class association.
• - The boat was built for the first time in 1958
• - The Lido was recently updated but the update
• did not effect the class integrity.
• Sits four adults and can be an easy to use
• family daysailor.
• Its simplicity and freeboard allows for sailors
• of all ages to get involved

• - No deflecting spreaders to worry about.
• - Easy to tune and store.
• - Will fit on a dolly.
• - Promotes inexperienced sailors to get
• involved.
• Not a replacement for the Flying Scot
• but an addition to club sailing.

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- The lido has plenty of space for
passengers. - The new design to the left and the
old design right and below are very
comparable in style and functionality.
- The older boats can be retro-fitted with all
of the newer boat parts. - Both are very safe and
easy to maintain, with each design remaining
competitive in the class today.
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- A new Lido 14 cost 5,500 dollars. - Used Lido
14s can be found for as cheap as 800
dollars. - New sails cost about 1100 dollars.
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Our Next Step

• Get a temperature on interest.
• Determine if we are moving in the right
  direction.
• Set our own fleet rules to make sure we are
  meeting the criteria of our goals
• Begin to purchase boats.
• Start sailing and enjoying our unique and fun
  fleet.