Maugan, There is quite a bit of emotion involved here... and not a ton of logic.
I am quite sure that SI was written with the expectation that an RC would be taking wind readings (This was backed up by the Jury's findings). "As determined"? Who the heck would write that without the expectation that it would be a valid reading, not just a guess. Every RC has knot meters. Every major event I have been to recently has had minimum wind requirements and lots of wind readings were taken and recorded.
Quit stretching this out of proportion. The rule was in the SI and the RC didn't follow it or back it up. Shame on them.
MATT:
YOU WERE"T THERE EITHER.
(Jack Young from PERFORMANCE CATAMARANS was. Nice Fella, great role model)
[color:"red"] [/color] SHAME ON YOU FOR TRYING TO JUSTIFY THE WHINERS!
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MY SLOW butt LAKE SAILER TIGER SAILS WERE BLOCKING ALL THE WIND FROM YOUR FACTORY TEAM THAT I was right next to(upwind, that is). They just couldn't feel the wind at 5 knots with 1/2 the fleet giving them Dirty Air. It sucked so bad in that start line we should have been sailing backwards. As soon as we tacked away from the fleet the air was fine and it was a nice race.
If you were't there then you don't really know what you're talking about.
Cary
Hobie Tiger
Three Hobies in the Yard, Time for a change
AnyBody Got a NACRA to trade?????
