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The Great Snipe HuntA Class and Fleet Development Activity

What is “The Great Snipe Hunt”The Great Snipe Hunt is a fleet building activity

aimed at locating missing snipe hulls and inactive members across the country which will

benefit and help grow the class overall.Missing snipe boats are boats that have not

been registered in the past few years which could be re-found and made available for sale, charter, or loan

Inactive members are past members who have not registered in the past few years which could be available to borrow, charter, or repurchase a boat, crew for others in a pinch, or volunteer time to helping the fleet grow

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How the idea started – Annapolis fleet building activityWhat we did in Annapolis This year we began to mine data collected over the past few years to call

inactive members and identify boats not sailing for loan, charter, or sale. We were able to grow local fleet participation from an average of 5-7 boats

to 16-20 boats on the line for weekend regattas by having available boats to loan and people interested in sailing them.

We had approximately 30 new people sail with us this year leading to the purchase of 2 boats and an active interest for 3-4 additional purchases

We are working on a strategy to identify all the available snipes in the Annapolis area to catalogue available boats for loan, charter, or purchase

How can this idea expand As we began to develop this concept, we realized this could benefit all fleets

and the class in general We propose that the Snipe US BOD sponsor a country-wide effort to locate

unused or little used snipes and inactive members to be provided to local fleet captains as a part of a larger program to grow the class from the fleet level

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Why do we need itOverall class membership and boat registrations

have been in a state of decline over the past several years. Analysis of memberships reports obtained from the US class office for

annual numbers going back to 2005 shows a 32% decline in numbers for a loss of 201 boats registered.

Analysis of SCIRA on-line database shows loss of 365 boats in the US registered since 2005

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2011 Members

2011 Boats

Peak Yr # of boats

# of Lost Boats

% decrease

1 179 110 149 39 26.17%

2 99 77 115 38 33.04%3 80 61 111 50 45.05%4 150 100 142 42 29.58%56 76 48 57 9 15.79%7 41 37 60 23 38.33%

Total Lost Boats = 201(US Office Numbers)

365 (SCIRA Numbers)Total Lost Revenue (at minimum)=

$12,060/year (US Office Numbers)

$21,900/year (SCIRA Numbers)Boat registration $7,035 $12,775Membership Fee* $5,025 $9,125Regatta Fees ??? ???

* Lost membership fees could be higher as a % of lost members might be premium members

Chart data analysis details for district and fleets which are below class requirements or at risk are included in an appendix

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What do we need to do to make it work BOD Sponsorship

Promotion of the concept – tone from the top Publication – web site and Snipe Sailor magazine Time – coordination of District Governors to ensure results are obtained

Possible budget for promotional prizes to encourage participation Minimize through collection of donations/sponsorship

Fleet Development Working Group Identify data, generate reports, develop survey questions for fleet

captain use and collection of additional data Distribute reports and track results Develop recommendations for enhancements to data stores and on-

going use models Involvement of District Governors

Coordinate fleet captains use of reports, collection of result data Contact or delegate contact for boats and members not attached to a fleet

Involvement of Fleet Captains Contact missing boat owners and inactive members to collect data Drive fleet and class membership increases

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Questions ???

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Workgroup Activities Status Data source analysis - Started

Identify datasets that can be used to generate missing boat reports. International and US datasets may need to be reconciled to generate a more complete report Define dataset that needs to be maintained to track boat hull and activity/use to prevent future loss of

boats

Snipe Hunt Initial Data Reports - Started Generate a report of boats registered in the past but not recently Assign lists of missing boats to fleet captains where they had been attached or for unattached boats to

District Governors Define data collection and reporting from fleet to district to committee to US/International class office

Set schedules for communications and data collection 1 month (by mid Feb) to identify and generate missing boat reports. Includes breakout

of follow up responsibilities. 1 months (by mid March) to track down missing boats and report findings 1 month (by mid April) to consolidate report data and populate data sources Fleets to begin using data on missing boats to generate active use of previously missing

boats (on-going) Consolidate received data and populate data sources

Develop on-going data maintenance and access strategies Define processes for on-going follow up reporting on lack of boat activity (registration and/or actual

regatta participations Implement procedures to generate periodic missing boat reports and follow up enquires (pushed down

to local fleet)

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Boat Loss – District 1District 1 2011 2011 2005-2011

Fleet # & Total Total Peak Yr Peak YearRank Name Members Boats & # of Boats Boats

1 532 - Annapolis 43 24 2010 - 27 272 77 - Winchester 45 23 2007 - 31 313 D1 (Unattached) 24 13 2011 - 13 134 103 - Newport Y.C. 11 10 2011 - 10 105 231 - Quassapaug 9 8 2007 - 15 156 244 - Cottage Park 10 6 2011 - 6 67 256 - Barnegat Bay 4 4 2006 - 9 98 777 - Medford 3 4 2005 - 5 59 554 - Beverly 14 4 2008 - 7 7

10 37 - New Haven 3 4 2009 - 7 711 10 - Lake Mohawk 4 4 2005 - 7 712 17 - Narragansett Bay 5 3 2009 - 4 413 442 - Cuba Lake 2 1 2005 - 3 314 258 - Manhasset Bay 1 1 2011 - 1 115 18 - Onondaga 1 1 2009 - 2 216 102 - Oak Orchard 0 0 2005 - 1 117 301 - Bantam Lake 0 0 2008 - 1 118 412 - Galway Lake 0 0 2010 - 1 1

179 110 149Total Boats Lost 39Net Loss 26.17%

Green = Fleets Meeting Class Rule Standard of 5 boats per fleetYellow = Fleets with marginal number of 3 to 5 boats

Red = Fleets below minimum numbers for fleet qualification

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Fleet Total Total Peak Yr Peak YearRank Name Members Boats & # of Boats Boats

1 567 - Lincoln 22 19 2008 - 29 292 309 - Iowa/Nebraska 20 18 2005 - 25 253 1 - Dallas 21 11 2011 - 11 114 68 - Windycrest 5 6 2011 - 6 65 640 - Bow Mar 6 6 2011 - 6 66 210 - Rocky Mountain 6 5 2007 - 19 197 93 - Wichita 7 5 2009 - 8 88 D2 - (Unattached) 6 4 2011 - 4 59 49 - Lake Lotawana 3 1 2011 - 1 1

10 257 - Galveston 1 1 2011 - 1 111 14 - Oklahoma City 1 1 2008 - 2 212 505 - Austin 1 0 2007 - 2 2




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Fleet Total Total Peak Yr Peak YearRank Name Members Boats & # of Boats Boats

1 433 - Cowan Lake 15 12 2007 - 17 172 409 - Indianapolis 9 8 2009 - 13 133 110 - Portage Lakes 9 7 2010 - 9 94 137 - Grand Rapids 4 5 2005 - 7 75 129 - Green Lake 4 4 2009 - 5 56 190 - Gull Lake 4 3 2009 - 9 97 128 - Milwaukee 4 3 2007 - 8 88 705 - Carlyle Lake 3 3 2006 -6 69 621 - Chippewa 3 3 2007 -4 4

10 762 - North Cape 10 3 2011 -3 311 141 - Wolf Lake 2 2 2007 - 6 612 5 - Detroit River 2 2 2011 - 2 213 520 - Barton Boat Club 1 1 2009 -5 514 747 - Cleveland 2 1 2005 -6 615 760 - Hoover 1 1 2009 -2 216 91 - Island Bay 1 1 2011 - 1 117 145 - Eagle Lake 0 0 2005 - 5 518 D3 (Unattached) 5 1 2006 - 2 219 515 - Acton Lake 1 1 2011 -1 1




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Boat Loss – District 42011 2011 2005-2011

District 4 Fleet Total Total Peak Yr Peak YearRank Name Members Boats & # of Boats Boats

1 330 - Atlanta 37 32 2007 - 47 472 7 - Miami 53 28 2011 - 28 283 801 - St. Petersburg 21 12 2010 - 15 154 D4 (Unattached) 11 7 2011 - 7 75 580 - Valdosta 5 6 2011 - 6 66 52 - Charleston 5 4 2010 - 7 77 630 - St. Johns River 5 4 2008 - 8 88 51 - Palm Beach 2 2 2009 - 4 49 142 - Privateer 5 2 2005 - 7 7

10 828 - Birmingham 3 2 2010 - 4 411 781 - Lake Lanier 2 1 2006 - 7 712 445 - Melbourne 1 0 2005 - 2 2




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Boat Loss – District 6

District 6 2011 2011 2005-2011Fleet Total Total Peak Yr Peak Year

Rank Name Members Boats & # of Boats Boats1 495 - San Diego Area S59 32 2009 - 33 332 218 - Alamitos Bay 7 12 2005 - 20 203 D6 (Unattached) 10 4 2011 - 4 44 94 - Newport Harbor 0 0




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Boat Loss – District 7

District 7 2011 2011 2005-2011Fleet Total Total Peak Yr Peak Year

Rank Name Members Boats & # of Boats Boats1 12 - San Francisco Bay19 16 2005 - 23 232 444 - Seattle 8 8 2005 - 18 183 533 - Willamette 6 6 2010 - 7 74 654 - Redwood Empire 3 4 2006 - 7 75 D7 (Unattached) 5 3 2010 - 5 5




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