Re the Racing Rules. The essence of the rules is to establish the ground rules for fair competition...
Right
Originally Posted by Mark Schneider
My observation is that the class members ignore this prescription.... therefore, I choose to fall in line with the class philosophy...
A personal choice that could land you in the room if there are sailors at the event who do not prescribe to this chosen philosophy…
Originally Posted by Mark Schneider
Therefore, my personal choice is to judge that I am not gaining an unfair advantage and I am also consistent with the class culture in not enforcing that prescription on my competitors…
That would actually be up to the jury to decide. Trust me, no one wants to be in these protests, including the judges.
Originally Posted by Mark Schneider
If protested by a class member who does not exercise good judgment, I will dsq myself before the hearing and allow the class members to deal with the aftermath…
Yeah, let it be someone else’s problem… Please… Actually, the correct scoring would be RAF, and the jury may elect to hear the protest anyway, which could lead to a “slightly different” score.
Originally Posted by Mark Schneider
If the PRO or RC protests me... I will dsq myself and never return to the event…
Now THAT will teach them!
Originally Posted by Mark Schneider
As I noted... good judgment is needed all around...