Advertising via sail numbers? 55

Originally posted by r2d2 The part that is hard to understand is that the tape drive sails [snip] have since apparently been declared illegal.

Its not that hard to understand when you've heard some of the discussions that can go on about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin in some one design class rules. It seems to be very tricky framing rules about reinforcement and stuff, and that, I think is why ISAF have brought in their equipment rules of sailing which are full of standard definitions of reinforcement and so on in the hope of at least getting standard ways to describe this stuff.

I'm lucky enough not to sail in classes where its a concern.

Myself, I think if your class rules allow 3DL sails and yet ban rather cheaper forms of construction then its probably a sign that you've gone badly wrong somewhere and need to sit down and have a complete rethink.

Originally posted by JimC So in summary, to the best of the various competitors' knowledge they were entering with legitimate sails, .

Thanks Graham for the comprehensive clarification concerning your sails.

Graham, thanks for your clear and detailed statement. A shame you didn't mention that your sails measured in your first post on this thread, but understandable in light of the pretty unequivocal statement on the Fireball Ass website. Unfortunately that statement was one of the few "facts" that we had to go on.

Hi 2547,

From what I understand, the winners sails were measured at Banks Sails, but I am seeking confirmation on this point. I'm pretty sure that I was told this on the phone, but I've had a lot of phone calls in the last couple of days and want to make absolutely sure.

Graham, many thanks for your comprehensive post - it explains a lot and also explains much better than I could about the confusion in the matter.

Best Regards, Mark