Well said Eric, we have a culture of not protesting where I sail which is fair enough as long as everyone is happy, after rereading the rules it appears you don't have to take your penalty on the water if you don't want to, unless someone protests you there is no penalty, then you take your chances in the room. We had a race last year where 180 of the 210 trailerable boats missed a mark by 2km, just followed like sheep above it, it took a lot of work to make the protest work for the few beachcats that did round the mark but none of the other fleets had their protests upheld due to not filing a viable protest they just grizzled but did nothing