I'm with you on the M20 showing up on my doorstep, but I'm on the fence regarding throwouts. I believe throwouts are neccessary to compensate for catastrophic equipment failures, and other items beyond the cotrol of competitors. I also note that for example in this particular case Mitch and Pim seem to be ok with the way things worked out. I also would have to argue that Mitch HAD to have a pretty good idea that this would be Bundy's strategy (if you look at the numbers I "believe" this was the ONLY way Bundy could pull off the win). That being the case, I'm sure Mitch "tried" to prevent getting below Bundy on the start, but lost the battle....and the regatta was so close that it came down to that failure.

I will say that at least at first I struggled as you are (even started to start a similar post but decided against it).

I look forward to the day that I am competitive enough that stuff like this "will" impact me!!