This is not for fun.

This is for the Olympics. The Olympics is "cut throat competition". These competitors are not sailing for fun.

These are both professional sailors. Johny Lovell is a sailmaker and Robbie Daniel has an ad on the homepage of this site. They are in this race to further their sailing careers. It is to their great advantage to win this regatta and compete in the Olympic Games.

A protest was made,the plantiff and defendants presented their cases to the jury and the decision of no foul was rendered. Case closed.

I would hope that since these are the 2 best American Tornado sailors that they will put aside this incident and be able to share their experiences so that the sum of their knowledge will increase the probabilities of winning an Olympic Gold Medal.