Dermot.... If it were a lottery... I doubt you would continue to play year after year.

It not a lottery... winning and loosing is subtle. AND when coupled with the slight variations in the game will result in different results.

So, you can win the overall regatta but loose in your one design class. Its not a crap shoot... its just the nature of the two games.

The US OPTI association has regattas with Red White, Blue and Green fleets (experience, age and skill factor).

So... they start all of the OPTI's together and score them one to fifty... Then they score you in your fleet. It was a big surprise to find out that Opti scoring does not rescore the sailors... If you were ahead of Sailor X in the overall... You will be ahead of sailor X in the Blue fleet score. (much easier to explain to kids)....

So... you can change the game in the NOR if you want.

My point is we have lots of different games, 0 to 2 discards, \Medal round, Season Highpoints, etc, etc

All have slightly different outcomes... but its not a crap shoot.. We set the rules... we get the results.

I second Darrel's point.

The would of, could of, monday moring quarterbacking is great to BS about... but this is not a reason to label… It a lottery, crap shoot or random dumb luck!

Mark