Okay. I started out by asking a question. I guess the answer is no.
Nice!!!
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
Re: safe sailing
[Re: pgp]
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Downwind the spin throws up a giant blind spot and it's just a matter of time before someone gets hurt. There are a couple of "too close for comfort" stories going around with reliable witnesses in support.
Anyone for changing the right of way rules? I have it on good authority it can be done in the SI.
At a regatta last weekend a Hobie Wildcat sunk a Dart 18. One was going downwind with spin, the other going upwind. One less slow boat to worry about I guess
Just skimmed this thread, my god it is scary how many of you don't know the rules. From not knowing you have to do your spin(s) as soon as possible (without avoiding other racers) to not knowing leeward vs windward, etc etc....
If you don't know if you are clear to gybe, don't! If you approach a windward mark, make sure you are aware of what is comming upwind (not hard to look around before you start your down turn). If you have a blind spot, make sure you figure out how to remove it!
End rant, this thread scares me, I'm with whomever said their should be a quiz before every regatta, almost 'proof you are good enough to sail'.
Scary stuff guys, you drive a car without knowing the rules of the road?
Just to be clear, the Wildcat skipper in question is very experiened and this wasnt a rules knowledge problem. Because they where at the front of the fleet they didnt expect another boat would still be going upwind at that point.