Mike ,
Your right ,I don't know you, nor you me, and yeah I may have missed your point,it happens on the interweb.
So Ding from now on you'll be seen beside EVERY flipped boat that is sailing on the same course(why even the same course)same regatta(no that won't work either)same body of water as you. Your not gonna finish many races.I don't recall you checking on us when we flipped on the flats at Steeple,right next to you, a few years ago.My guess is you were laughing to hard.
I always look, and if there's no apparent boat damage and the skipper and crew are moving around, I race on.If they're over an extraordinate amount of time I check on them.
As anyone who has ever sailed with me will attest,I'm usually over the top when it comes to worrying about my fellow competitors.I have gotten re-dress in 2 Tybees and one Worrell and detoured or stopped numerous other times without worrying about the time.I have seen boats sail by people I would consider in trouble,I stopped.I'm not advocating selfishness,but you have to draw the line somewhere. Cats flip that's part of the game.As posted earlier, if anyone is not up to the task and is depending on someone to help them out,that just seems to open things to more litigation and BS.What happens when someone uses that kinda BS to have a competitor disqualified so they can move up a spot.
Maybe I made my point clearer this time.
Todd

"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"

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