RS aero

Capsize recover technique- if you're bigger than the kid in the vid, climb over the back apparently:

I think there are clubs where it gets taken very seriously - which isn't the same as pot hunting at all - where swapping boats in a series wouldn't be the done thing.

Our experience was that it only takes 1 or 2 people to "play" the system at a club which is normally pretty laid back about such things for boat swapping to actually put off other people taking part, which rather defeats the object of the exercise.

Of course, the people swapping boats probably don't see it in the pot hunting light at all - they are simply sailing the boat that will give them the most fun on the day. And to be fair, I've not seen much reduction in the amount of changes of boat since we changed the rules back, so that may well be the primary driver - the pot winning being a bonus that isn't there any more, by that route.

Not that I've noticed and certainly not to play the system. As I've said,yes some could but my attitude to anyone who thought overly much about such tactics would be a big "get a life". We are rewarding participation simple as that. No system is perfect but I think this suits our situation and ethos. In a Club where pot hunting is all maybe it would have all the joy sucked out of it.

Actually the idea to adopt was proposed by our Sailwave manager. Principally so as not to see our juniors who mostly sail single handers disadvantaged by occasionally crewing either for each other or an adult.

Originally posted by Do Different "FWIW our club has chosen that the points will follow the Sailor, whatever they sail or if they are crew or helm. We have decided to go all out for rewarding participation." We included crews as well, to recognise what an equal partnership it is, allow a crew to jump in to another boat if regular ride is absent and still get rewarded and not disadvantage the regular single handed sailor when press ganged into getting someone off the shore who would otherwise not be able to sail that day. Phew overlong sentence!  We could easily see a crew win a series, how great would that be! Especially ref. the demise of the two person boat string.