Sailing the course.

Several boats lobbed last weekend for sailing the wrong
course. The threatened protest didn't materialise because in each case the
result would have been a discard anyway even if redress were given.

Course was triangle / sausage with a spreader mark at the top of the sausage
(Start – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 1a – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – Finish). All marks to Port. The
miscreants went Start – 1 – 1a – 3 – 2 – 3, then the race team said that they
would all be DSQ'd so best go home. Race team justification was that they
hadn't 'unwound' from the 'erroneous' passing of 3 in the wrong sequence, and
using the string theory #3 was trapped.

Rules say that marks of the course shall be passed on the correct side and in
the correct order (no surprise there, really). BUT also stated is that a mark
that does not start, bound or end a leg is not a mark of the course (or words
to that effect). Rule 28 is relevant.

So I reckon that mark 3 is irrelevant for the 1 – 2 leg. If you really want to
take the scenic route via the leeward mark to the gybe mark, then that’s up to
you.

I'm looking for case history on this but not found any yet. If the RO is right
then I can forsee all sorts of chaos on puddle courses with marks all over the
place being passed on both sides when the correct course is to pass on a
specified side on a specified leg.

Thoughts?

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Noah Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 29 Dec 04 Location: United Kingdom Online Status: Offline Posts: 611	Post Options Post Reply Quote Noah Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Sailing the course. Posted: 11 Sep 13 at 1:40pm
	Several boats lobbed last weekend for sailing the wrong course. The threatened protest didn't materialise because in each case the result would have been a discard anyway even if redress were given. Course was triangle / sausage with a spreader mark at the top of the sausage (Start – 1 – 2 – 3 – 1 – 1a – 3 – 1 – 2 – 3 – Finish). All marks to Port. The miscreants went Start – 1 – 1a – 3 – 2 – 3, then the race team said that they would all be DSQ'd so best go home. Race team justification was that they hadn't 'unwound' from the 'erroneous' passing of 3 in the wrong sequence, and using the string theory #3 was trapped. Rules say that marks of the course shall be passed on the correct side and in the correct order (no surprise there, really). BUT also stated is that a mark that does not start, bound or end a leg is not a mark of the course (or words to that effect). Rule 28 is relevant. So I reckon that mark 3 is irrelevant for the 1 – 2 leg. If you really want to take the scenic route via the leeward mark to the gybe mark, then that’s up to you. I'm looking for case history on this but not found any yet. If the RO is right then I can forsee all sorts of chaos on puddle courses with marks all over the place being passed on both sides when the correct course is to pass on a specified side on a specified leg. Thoughts?
	Nick D-Zero 316