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What should the club have as its 3 letter ARA code?

All clubs soon have to have a 3 letter ARA code for their boats, which is used at eg. the Nat. Champs. and on the Tideway. Currently ours is FTT, but we have an option to change it. What should we have?

FTT		7%

FTR (easy to add to existing TR numbers)		0%

CTR (Cambridge, Trinity - similar)		2%

FAT		81%

CAT		0%

BUN		0%

RTT		10%

XXX		0%

Total: 42 members' votes

by Thinking out loud in a rambling post - Sun 1st May 2005, 5:50pm

Was just about to post that this was going to be needed in addition to the TRxx which was required by the Proctors.

However, I've just noticed that the Proctors only require a T or a U, and it's the CUCBC who require the TR (see page 61).

With this in mind, and considering that CUCBC will accept 3 letter codes, could we not just ask both CUCBC and the ARA to use whatever we choose below? As otherwise Black Prince would have (for example) TR1 FTT01 which is not very trendy. Unless we go for one of the options which adds one letter to the front of the TR, which also makes retrofitting very easy.

Also, as the ARA allows numbers within the 3-letter club codes, can we add "13T" to the list above?

by mjb - Mon 2nd May 2005, 1:40pm

Thinking out loud in a rambling post said: However, I've just noticed that the Proctors only require a T or a U ...

Interesting to note that we at Trinity get 2 options for our letter, wheras everyone else gets only one code.

Also amused to see "RTT" (Real Third Trinity ??)getting so many votes.

by Richard - Mon 2nd May 2005, 3:31pm

mjb said: Also amused to see "RTT" (Real Third Trinity ??)getting so many votes.

It only has 2 votes to date, Matt.

by Simon - Mon 2nd May 2005, 3:43pm

Richard said: It only has 2 votes to date, Matt.

That's still one more than you'd expect.

by AHLF - Wed 4th May 2005, 2:45pm

Surely we are mssing a trick here. If we go for "1&3" or failing that "13T", we will go to the top of every list. "FAT" is probably the best of the rest but we ought to aim higher!

by mjb - Wed 4th May 2005, 3:18pm

AHLF said: "1&3"

Inspired.

Almost as inspired as the decision taken by BPBC to change from BLP to RTT

by RTT - Wed 4th May 2005, 3:22pm

mjb said: Almost as inspired as the decision taken by BPBC to change from BLP to RTT

WTF?

by Lilie - Wed 4th May 2005, 8:11pm

1&3 would be good actually, if we're allowed stuff like ampersands.

by Sceptic - Wed 4th May 2005, 8:15pm

1&3 would be good actually

So our boats end up as "1&31", "1&312", etc.?

It probably wouldn't work out too well.

by mjb - Wed 4th May 2005, 8:21pm

How about "TLA"

by Richard - Wed 4th May 2005, 8:36pm

Sceptic said: So our boats end up as "1&31", "1&312", etc.?

No, they'd still need 6 characters

"1&3001", "1&3012" etc.

or with the current leader in the poll
"FAT001", "FAT012" etc.

by AHLF - Thu 5th May 2005, 12:42pm

Now I think about it, what is the logic behind FTR? This must be "First Trinity" presumably. Since I would be a member of Third Trinity were it still going, I must object to the exclusion of half of our history from our name!

by AHLF - Thu 5th May 2005, 12:46pm

Richard said: No, they'd still need 6 characters
"1&3001", "1&3012" etc.

If we went for "13T", this wouldn't be so silly:
"13T 001", "13T 002", etc.

by Simon - Thu 5th May 2005, 1:39pm

AHLF said: Now I think about it, what is the logic behind FTR?

It's easy to add to TR.

by AHLF - Thu 5th May 2005, 2:31pm

Simon said: It's easy to add to TR.

But that's not enough on its own, otherwise XTR would do. Surely we need an appropriate acronym, and I don't want 3rd Trinity to disappear!

by Third Trinity preservation soc - Thu 5th May 2005, 2:32pm

TTR?

by rjn - Thu 5th May 2005, 3:47pm

stop all the faffing - FAT is clearly the best option.

by gf - Thu 5th May 2005, 4:15pm

rjn said: stop all the faffing - FAT is clearly the best option.

Perhaps "FAF", given how we display excellence in that field of endeavour with such fantastic consistency?