No. I am not saying Johnny cheated.

The protest by Johnny against Robbie and Gary is that THEY are cheating. (Not Johnny cheating)

This team racing protest is not just violation of a sailing rule (hitting a mark and not doing a circle ... but pre meditated cheating on the part of your competitor. (Team racing).

The protest was filed inspite of the fact that Johhny was winning the race when he alleged that the cheating occured behind him.

The majority of the huge protest was tossed and reduced to did Gary hit a kelp field and stop or did he cheat and let Robbie pass. Since, Johnny was well ahead... Hard to see how he could know the deal. But he claimed that Robbie and Gary were cheating by team racing.

So... You can allege cheating by your competitors on the slimest excuse and it was judged BS and denied.

The protest IMO was a pre meditated move on Johnny's part and just BS Gamesmanship to [censored] with the head's of Robbie and Gary.

Is Johnny cheating... No. Did it work?... who knows, Johnny won.

The question though ... is this fair sailing... or world cup soccer were Zidane gets tossed for head butting his competitor when he looses it over the BS dialog with his competitor.
So... I guess the world is OK with ... Hey... whatever it takes to win... an attack is an attack... on the water or off.

BUT
But... where do Robbie and Gary go to have their reputations mended. You can't put this allegations back into the bottle by just saying protest denied... Move on.... nothing to see here.... lets not talk about it..... go get that white wash and put on a good PR Spin... "Great job guys"..