If there were no throw outs, firstly I would try to avoid any "protest" situation religiously (which could make me sail more "tentatively"), and ensure that I had no "breakages" that made me miss a race (this could keep me from "pushing" really hard). Most importantly, finish every race (no throw aways means sailing the "best odds" -IE, no chances). One missed finish would effectively finish all my chances. (that is the primary reason that there are throw outs, to compensate for "accidents" , the other "idiot" that wants to hit you or "acts of god)
Just a little exercise for the armchair sea lawyers.
This thread started about Bundy and Booth at the F18 worlds. If Booth had have been taken out of the last race at the start line in the five minute countdown by a collision with another boat (not Bundy’s) through no fault of his own, and had to retire would that have made Bundy’s win more “legitimate” in the eyes of the doubters? Or if Booth could have sought successfully for redress for “average points” for that race, would he have still come in second or would he have won? Would his “average points (if successful) have been calculated without throw a ways or with them?
