Originally Posted by Jake
Originally Posted by mummp
What are these new mid course marks all about? Anybody know?

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The manned boats that had the positioning systems on them were deemed to be a bit of a hazard to the AC72 boats and the people on both vessels since they were hard and the speeds involved could be pretty crazy. They came up with these floating marks instead. I think they still have similar position maintaining propulsion systems so they don't require an anchor (not entirely sure about that).


But why are they set "mid course", as in the middle of the course? These are not windward or leeward marks.


Philip
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