Not sure what you're talking about... I race with Mike K, David L, and Nigel on a regular basis and haven't ever seen them in any collissions. They are all top notch sailors. I'm sure the collission was accidental. But that is not the issue here.
This A/B fleet format severally penalizes you if you get a DSQ... For the top teams, it double penalizes you since you can get no better than an 11th on your next race.
I'm certainly listening with respect to the fairness of the rotation rule. The US Multihull Championship has been breaking new ground with this rotation system and we're constantly evolving it. However! If these 20 teams were racing in a 20 boat regatta, a DSQ or an OCS would give you 21 points. All three A-fleet teams have won the sucessive B-fleet race after being "flushed". They got 22 points for the error. Having two throw-outs, instead of one, helps treat the situation as if you were in a 20 boat regatta, got a penalty and absorbed 21 points, and then got to drop it. I don't feel sorry for the teams that got flushed - they've been given an opportunity to recover.
What is interesting out of all of this is that there is only ONE team that has not flushed to b-fleet; Casey and Williams...yet they sit in third place in the current standings. Is that fair to them? Have they been consistently bettered by the other two teams when they race? Who is the team that is performing best in the championship? I don't necessarily have an opinion either way at this point - what are your thoughts?
