Gentlemen,
READ the RULES ... KNOW the RULES
I've raced in OVER 150+ Hobie Points Regettas ... 150+ "open Regettas (all 2 day events) plus ??? 1 day events!!!! DON'T TRY what you are proposing up here in Div11
Lets say you do do what you propose ... I may let you through then cut inside of you and roll you leaving you in "dirty air ... and the guys following me will do the same thing!!! You will be just sitting there trying to make a 360 degree turn ... isn't that called a PENALTY TURN???
The winning tactic is to come in 5-10 boat lengths above the mark on Starboard w/ no other rules in effect ... jybe ... get you boat speed up and then make a 270 degee turn!!!
I would love to share a race course w/ you guys ... because I would WIN!!! Up here I'm usually in the hunt ... but in third place ...
Harry
I think most of us do know the rules;
Why would you want to come in 5-10 boats from the mark; that will give room for around 10+ boats inside you (8x16b feet is 118 feet / 8 gives room for around 10). madness. You will get loads of dirty and be well to leeward. Not a good plan at all.
You come in at about 3 lengths so you can execute the gybe just outside the 2 BL zone. If you don't you are buried in a big regatta.
Sounds to me like you think you know the rules.
