Gates.. mmmmm... It would be good to have the rule book handy and be a speed reader It's interesting when you have 10 or so boats including A's Taipans, Mozzies, Skiffs,Pacers, Sabres, Tasers and a Minnow, all descending on the gate, on both tacks, fetching opposite marks, and some of them paying more attention to the kite drop than the traffic. With all the different boat speeds and lengths who can tell who's in the zone and when, let alone who has an overlap with who?

I find that discretion is often the sensible option... rather get through a bit slower and be heading to the winward mark with the boat in one piece... or maybe I'm getting soft as I get older

If only everyone sailed a Mozzie... it would be so much better