Avoid creating risk of collision

[B27]

I’ve taken part in regattas where ‘protests must be submitted on a £20 note’ (other denominations available).

I wouldn't take part in that kind of 'cheat's charter' regatta.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

I wouldn't take part in that kind of 'cheat's charter' regatta.

It kind of makes the assumption that all protests are spurious. Far from the case. We have maybe 4 or 5 a year at our club. Not a lot, but enough to remind people that there are rules, and penalties for breaking them.

 

[john_morris_uk]

It kind of makes the assumption that all protests are spurious. Far from the case. We have maybe 4 or 5 a year at our club. Not a lot, but enough to remind people that there are rules, and penalties for breaking them.

It was a tongue in cheat suggestion from the race organisers. It was a very friendly evening race between to local sailing clubs ending with a bbq.

I think any major problems would have been treated seriously.

I’m probably biased as we won.

 

[johnalison]

It was a tongue in cheat suggestion from the race organisers. It was a very friendly evening race between to local sailing clubs ending with a bbq.

I think any major problems would have been treated seriously.

I’m probably biased as we won.

Keen racers don’t understand what it is like to race for fun, and with due consideration for the second most valuable possession that one owns. The regatta I referred to was a three-day affair in Germany for HRs. If anything, I was one of the more experienced entrants, several of whom had never raced before. The Germans were lovely hosts, even though my knowledge of the language didn’t go much further than ‘achtung’. The points from the races, which were highly organised affairs, were added to the evening competitions, and my skill at whisky-tasting and dismantling and reassembling a winch earned us second place, much to the astonishment of the organiser, whose much larger boat had lost out to me in the last race when he was forced to tack away.

 

[Chiara’s slave]

Keen racers don’t understand what it is like to race for fun, and with due consideration for the second most valuable possession that one owns. The regatta I referred to was a three-day affair in Germany for HRs. If anything, I was one of the more experienced entrants, several of whom had never raced before. The Germans were lovely hosts, even though my knowledge of the language didn’t go much further than ‘achtung’. The points from the races, which were highly organised affairs, were added to the evening competitions, and my skill at whisky-tasting and dismantling and reassembling a winch earned us second place, much to the astonishment of the organiser, whose much larger boat had lost out to me in the last race when he was forced to tack away.

Hey! We have fun racing, but are regularly shamed because we won’t enter the fray at the start line. The bost has the most apt name in the fleet. She’s called ‘Gleam’ and the owner is very very careful of his immaculate paintwork and varnish. That would be fine if everyone else had the same view. However, a robust adherence to the rules is the next best thing. We know who we can go up closely with, and who to avoid.