Mark: In an effort to gain a little wisdom myself,I went back and looked at some old SI's. The 94-96 IHCA has no mention of wind readings. The April 97 IHCA 8.7 has minimum 5 knots. the most recent ones I've seen added the "as determined by the RC. The SI's from the 2002 MEGA, wich you were part of, added "The decision by the race committee to start or not start a race is not subject to redress". That might be helpful in the future. It's a rule that either needs to be taken out all together and allow the RC to use his/her judgement or very clearly define what the PRO must do. Just my thoughts. Hope to see you in Wildwood. Are you the PRO?