I think the Olympic events are doing no-drops now - presumably to try and add a bit of drama to an event that the world ignores (well the media ignore it at least - that's another topic in itself).
I read the no drops for the Olympics was to simplify the scoring system so the media and general public could understand the sailing results but I just did some more research and it appears the one drop is back in place.
http://www.sailing2008.org/newsinfoEN/4399.aspxOlympics also has medal race with only the top ten sailing the last race and scoring double points. Can still have the situation where the leaders going into the medal race are more then 20 points clear of the rest of the fleet so only have to score a 10th to win. Seems unlikely but happened recently in ISAF games at Cascai (spelling?) 470men. So they have drops, a medal race and less boats on the water in the last race in this case <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />.
Darryn
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