Thats fubared, they had to go behind the F16s back and cry to US Sailing? That is some serious chickenpoop. I was protested in this year's alter cup by Nigel Pitt. His argument was I was "too close" to the race course. Talking to other sailors they all agreed I was not close at all, no one else bothered, but seeing how he was running for the top echelon and he did really shitty on that race he had to blame someone. This is the same race he had the collision with Mike Krants. He lost the protest against Mike and won against me, he got a redress.

Absolute BS in my opinion, when all other sailors that were in front of Nigel clearly said I was fine, the sailors on the spectator boat said I was good and the fotos came out great.

But hey, you live and learn how to pick who is who on the water. For this reason you will NEVER EVER see me at spring fever. Sometimes protesting is a lame attempt to blame others for poor performance.

But then again, seeing how a majority of us here are not top notch sailors no one cares. More reason for me to just stop traveling when I got tons of GYC racing and I store my boat with the mast up.

Now I understand where you are coming from Timbo. I tried PMing you, but no joy.

Also isnt there a place we can read about this protest? Arent protest usually published and made public record?