"If someone is trying to "beat the system... it will most likely not be protested... It is the old saying, argue with an idiot and you start to look like one too."

While it's hard to disagree with that last statement, this is the attitude that slowly kills events. When people get tired of rules not being enforced, they may stop coming to regattas.

This is one reason that class rules are strictly enforced at Hobie events. We don't care (as much) if one person goes away because we won't allow illegal sails or no Comp Tip, we just don't want to lose the whole fleet slowly over time because the rules aren't being enforced, and someone is perceived to be unilaterally gaining.

Mike