I've protested far too few times , its rarely heard of in uk cat sailing and rule obeyance is shocking , we like to think we are being gents , but there are some folks that completely ignore the rules knowing that theres little chance of protest .

Sailing is becoming in danger of becomming like other sports where the chance of getting caught cheating , disobeying rules etc is a risk worth taking in persuit of the goal of winning ,

When I started racing in dinghies 3 decades ago , the rules were adhered to , if you didn't you would get protested and if in the wriong , thrown out , everyone knew where they were ! , now its pretty rare .

As i said above I generally try to avoid confrontation as its faster .

I wouldn't normally encourage folk to protest boats in other classes , but if Scoobys goat grabber is a repeat offender and someone Scooby crosses paths with regularily in his club racing , reckon he 's had his last chance .



How many times have you been approaching the windward mark (2 boat lengths ) when some chancer cuts in on port and tacks in front of you forcing you to take avoiding action and then continues on deaf to your cries of protest , how many of you regularily follow the protest through - not enough I expect or it wouldn't happen so often