Pete,
Can I assume you are sailing your "Blade" which has daggerboards???? And it is a "Port" course.
1)A daggerboard boat pivots at on/its boards
2) You must give enough room for a "seamanshiply rounding"
You are only going to get 15' maybe 20'(if I am feeling generous) from me ... thats all ... not 32' or more.
You hit me ... I do care a flag and will fly it ...
You are crazy sir if you try to push that with a fleet of experienced A-Fleeters. I had a fleet of H17's hang me on the mark when they only allowed me 8' to round one time w/ my TheMightyHobie18 ... I wasn't going to T-bone anyone as the TheMightyHobie18's bow would take most of the damage. Lost my Telocat and was so pissed I damn near pulled out my knife to cut/deflate the mark between my hulls ... but then I thought better of it....
Remember: To finish first ... first you have too finish. Boats w/ holes go really slow
PS: Watched my friends ED Mills and John McLaughlin racing their "Blades" this weekend while I was on RC ... AWESOME!!! That is some ride you have there ... I may have to get me one of those machines!!!
HarryMurphey
H18mag/#9458, Fleet54/Div11
P19MX w/spin /#86, CRAC
Not true - we had this situation come up recently and, previously, I too thought that the port boat only had to give just enough room for the starboard boat to round. This is
NOT the case. Port has
NO rights coming into a downwind mark with starboard inside boats in this situation. I don't have time this morning to quote the rules...someone help me out?
