Some people might not understand that they have 10 brand new I20's and 20 teams. So they have to split the fleet somehow. They use to do a round robin format where everyone somewhat randomly sailed the races. They switched to this format because often toward the end of the regatta top teams were unable to compete against eachother heads up. This solves the heads up issue but causes other issues. Such as if a team has a hang up on a take down and ends up getting an 8 in a race they also have to eat an 11 on top of that. They do allow 2 throwouts after 10 races but you can't be flushed to B fleet more than once or you won't be in the top 5. I think the new system is better than the old system but I still have reservations.

Mike Hill
Area K rep.