All valid points but the participation in the RTI has been falling off pretty sharply and the risk of trying something different seems worth it to me.

There have been many RTI's when we have sailed by Key Sailing and it took a fair amount of discipline to keep from making the turn right knowing I was sailing away from a beer and burger and into a long drift through the narrows. With the 50/50 format I don't have to make the decision now the beer and burger is part of the event :-)

Question is, how can we raise the appeal of the race for non-spin boats? There are shed load people that are perfectly happy sailing without a spinnaker even on a distance race.


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