doug748
Well-known member
Yes, this!
...and the ever increasing tendency towards some sort of "watertight" @rse covering attempts to duck/avoid perceived "liabilities "?
Eg Our loacl race committee are now requiring liferafts for ALL boats, for summer/dayl8ght/favourable weather inshore races (less than 3 miles offshore) along a well populated coast with several ports of refuge over the 25 mile course.
I'm a big boy, and not taking passengers...it's not a Code Boat!
A similar local series was wildly popular, oversubscribed to the point that new entrants were not actively encouraged. Then it was designated ORC 3 instead of 4 - liferafts etc. Pretty soon it was down to single figure entries.
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