Protest them. If they win by out numbering you get a waterproof video camera. Tell them it's on even if it's not, even better if it's running the whole time. If that doesn't work, put something menacing on your sprit or bows, like stainless steel caps and play hardball.
Tawd


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

The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea
Isak Dinesen
If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most.
E. B. White