SteveB_Sigma33
Well-Known Member
At the weekend I took out my girl friend to give her more practice at setting sails and helming before she goes off and does her day skipper practicle.
Whilst heading back towards Portsmouth we found our selves playing dodgeball with several race fleets. Now I must point out we did keep clear of all boats and not force them into altering course. Except for one and here is were I want to know if I was nasty or not.
We were on starboard tack, a boat on port tack was approaching us and would have easily passed astern of us if he had not decided to tack, both boats are of a similar size (him with race crew, me with girlie having a pootle). So there we are both on starboard tack, him off to my port. Another yacht did pass astern and then tack onto us. Very sporty looking boat and soon started to eat into the lead we had on him.
The boat to my port was just ahead but we were over hauling him quite easily, after a few minutes they waved and asked if I could tack away (in fairly nice terms) I shouted back that I could not as I would then create a situation with the other boat (to my starboard), so he was sat in my dirty air. After a few minutes they then shouted about killing them etc etc.
Therefore when I shouted to him perhaps if they'd had sailed faster they wouldn't have put themselves in the position of me over hauling them. Was this nasty? Let me add I did tack as soon as it was clear for me to do so.
I'm not anti racing, I race myself on 707 and the Sigma from time to time and think I did pretty much everything I could do apart from luff up, basically as I wanted to get where I was going to. Was it his fault for tacking underneath me when he should have gone to windward and then tack, basically going behind me? Or should he have just beared away a fraction to clear my dirty air?
Open to feedback or riddicule as I know how forumites can be.
Whilst heading back towards Portsmouth we found our selves playing dodgeball with several race fleets. Now I must point out we did keep clear of all boats and not force them into altering course. Except for one and here is were I want to know if I was nasty or not.
We were on starboard tack, a boat on port tack was approaching us and would have easily passed astern of us if he had not decided to tack, both boats are of a similar size (him with race crew, me with girlie having a pootle). So there we are both on starboard tack, him off to my port. Another yacht did pass astern and then tack onto us. Very sporty looking boat and soon started to eat into the lead we had on him.
The boat to my port was just ahead but we were over hauling him quite easily, after a few minutes they waved and asked if I could tack away (in fairly nice terms) I shouted back that I could not as I would then create a situation with the other boat (to my starboard), so he was sat in my dirty air. After a few minutes they then shouted about killing them etc etc.
Therefore when I shouted to him perhaps if they'd had sailed faster they wouldn't have put themselves in the position of me over hauling them. Was this nasty? Let me add I did tack as soon as it was clear for me to do so.
I'm not anti racing, I race myself on 707 and the Sigma from time to time and think I did pretty much everything I could do apart from luff up, basically as I wanted to get where I was going to. Was it his fault for tacking underneath me when he should have gone to windward and then tack, basically going behind me? Or should he have just beared away a fraction to clear my dirty air?
Open to feedback or riddicule as I know how forumites can be.
