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I don't know if it's official, but it seems to be...

Even I use a stack pack when cruising.... I had one made that sits on top of the boom with velcro straps around the boom. This means I...

On this I absolutely agree. It always struck me as odd that the escort vessel (who's whole reason to exist is to prevent exactly this)...

I said at the time, and the intervening 13 years haven't changed my mind, that I think it's probably a case of "solution fixation". I.e...

We had very long threads at the time. It was generally accepted by both sides that they had seen it a long way off, but still managed...

Yes, there was. That's where the famous video comes from, the "extreme 40s" racing.

That's more the video than the fine I think!

From observations on this forum, I'd say if that was the plan it's backfired. The prosecution has allowed plenty of people to dismiss...

I'm probably covering old ground here but whatever the escort vessel said didn't help one bit. I'll try to hunt out the original...

Huh? Waves are generally quite generally applicable I'd have thought... Unlike in Aukland, where the racing was in protected water...

I mean, good grief "On purpose".. He didn't crash his boat because he was racing. He crashed his boat because he failed to actually...