I hear what you guys are saying. I think Eric already mentioned this, but rule makers must be extremely careful when changing ROW rules; otherwise the game is changed (and balance is lost).

Call it game theory, or some upper-level thinking, but a lot of thought goes into the rules, and many situations are run, to be sure that there isn't a rule that makes one particular strategy or tactic so powerful that racing turns into a one-way track.

We don't use the rules as weapons nearly as much as match racers or team racers. Even on monohulls, the rule situations in those disciplines come at you (and change) so fast, it's hard to keep up.

Mike