ianc1200
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So are you Chip or Chris? Whatever, thanks because without you & the safety boats there would be no racing.
Motoring yachts & sailing dinghies
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So are you Chip or Chris? Whatever, thanks because without you & the safety boats there would be no racing.
nortada
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Chip, Chris was the Race Officer, I was the dogs body - doing the flags.
johnalison
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You could at least claim to be a flag officer.
onesea
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Can I also remind you that unless local rules apply, of some other rules:
Rule 6: Safe Speed,
Rule 9: Narrow Channels,
Rule 13: Overtaking vessels,
If I recall racing rules do not apply between sailing boats, unless specified in the racing rules. So 2 racing boats in separate races/ regatta's n theory should use IRPCS to avoid collission.
Often the correct thing for a power driven vessel to do is maintain her planned course. Possibly reduce speed to maintain a safe speed.
In an practice it's often a little give and take. I have raced and can often predict the actions of a racing fleet, to help avoid them or pass them with minimum disruption.
However there are times when you are left little choice, then most racers seem to accept the issue.
Cruisers/ non racing sail boats can often be as obstructive as a whole fleet of racing boats.
For the OP increasing speed, impatients? Not wishing to be annoyed when said sail boat crosses bow then tacks back before clear so they get more delay. Making sure they get to the better berth first?
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WFA
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Walton is a doddle compared to engaging Waldringfield's multiple and highly competitive dinghy fleets while in a rush to cross the bar with water to spare!
I am finding the increasing lack of knowledge and courtesy of new arrivals to boating in general is far more concerning than encounters with youngsters finding their way around a race course.
I am finding the increasing lack of knowledge and courtesy of new arrivals to boating in general is far more concerning than encounters with youngsters finding their way around a race course.
johnalison
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That's a whole new can of lumbricus. It is hard to compare today's cruisers to those of old, partly because the density and size of boats were so different. I do think that the arrival of young middle-aged people (= men) doing a course or two and then buying a 35'+ boat has changed things, with many not having had the wider experience of dinghy/motor/ merchant navy etc to guide them and many bring their motoring frame of mind onto the water. This doesn't necessarily exonerate all dinghy sailors, but their usual fault is just lack of skill, since it is hard to display naked aggression in a Topper.