That is a great book. Anyone local that wants to borrow it just let me know. The books don’t cover all the situation you can get into and I need to draw one situation I have been in and get all-you-alls opinion on it.

Look at your local sailing club’s calendar and any university near by. A few years ago I was told about the Navy Academy’s Sailing Squadrons classes. When Brad Dellenbaugh was the head guy he was open to a few "outsiders" attending the classes, as long as there was enough room for the middies. If you get the chance, Brad is great at explaining the rules. He uses his Americas cup judging experience in his classes. One of the many things I have taken away from his classes is that you must read the rules that apply and insert the definitions of the italicized words. Don’t' try to apply them from memory when forensically looking at a situation or a protest. If you do, you get individual recollections of the rule and it almost always wont be accurate.

Mast-abeam anyone,