Originally Posted by pgp
smile The sport is either corinthian or it isn't. If you must rigorously check to make sure no one is cheating you've lost some part of that.

Checking measurements is not a law of nature. It is done because it is customary and a rule. If any class chose they could do away with the rule all together.

You would then be left with a purely democratic enforcement rule. If you don't trust your competitor, go to the beach.

I don't think many cheaters could tolerate that type of censure for very long.


So I drive 700 miles to a regatta and I have to pack up and go home because someone tried to cheat the handicap system? I think I would rather race against the cheater. But then again....I'm not going to drive 700 miles to race under handicap. Damn, you guys have made me a one design Natzi.


Jake Kohl