Races may be abandoned if the Race Officer determines that fair sailing has been compromised and shall be abandoned if security and safety is no longer guaranteed.
Wow.... you have a PRO who will do this...
"guarantee safety"???
Do your mark boats know that they are now safety boats... who are guaranteed to bail your butt out of your personal crisis! Hope they brought their wet suits and are up to date on safety training.
Do your Host YC's know that you are promising the sailors that the YC will deliver a level of safety unmatched in the USA?
Talk about shifting the onus from the captain to everyone else!
You need to think this through considering the consequences AFTER the disaster. If somebody gets in deep trouble in 15knots.... Does that mean the class rules are defacto set at 15?!
You Brits have a set of guidelines and standards... Not so in the USA.
PRO's want guidance from the Class members and leadership... (hopefully they are on the same page) FAR more then they want hard rules to follow.
The hard and fast rules usually follow a bad experience between the class and the host club and their PRO.
The Tornado rules are hard and fast because they were in a continual battle with ISAF and the host MNA's... When you are the red headed step child... you get screwed at almost every turn. The T class championship rules were written to protect the members as best as they could.
What they really want is a PRO and OA who serves the sailors best interest fairly and impartially.
They aim's to please.... so if you don't want to race more then X a day or wind and sea state of x, say so and let them manage the game... As a competitor, you can't have any real power during the event anyway, ... your point of view is biased. Likewise... you can't put the racing on autopilot and expect a uniform result.
Guidelines... not rules are a better policy.... Another good idea is to grow your PRO's with your class.... The chances of misunderstanding diminish a lot...
