A few years back when I was racing Top Gun I turned up to race at a club I hadn't raced at for a long time. There were A's, Taipans, F18s, some other fast cats and my Mozzie and a Maricat 4.3. After I arrived they varied the sailing instructions so all boats with a yardstick 80 and lower were one devision, 81 and above another devision, with a seperate start, same course. So I was going to be racing the poor old Maricat, not much fun for either of us so I lowered my yardstick from 84 to 79.5 and raced with the fast cats and scored a win and a close second, in the two races, against some fast A and Taipan sailors, very satisfying to do well even when the goal post are being moved.
Its worth sorting this out before hand as my afternoons sailing could have been sailing the course on my own lapping the Maricat but instead I had to work hard and take some risks to hang on to fast cat fleet, much more satisfying sailing.
Darryn
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