'Ringers' competing at the Nationals

Stefan,

I would be grateful if you could let me know where I could find a suitable (and bulletproof) text for SIs or class rules.

I agree with you that bringing in the hotshots can cause some resentment. In the ECHO handicap system as used in Ireland there is a specific handicap penalty to prevent this, as well as an automatic penalt for boats that enter the system. it is therefore almost impossible to win your first event under ECHO.

Gordon

Noun	1.	ringer - a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation) bell ringer, toller signaler, signaller - someone who communicates by signals
	2.	ringer - a person who is almost identical to another clone, dead ringer colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech look-alike, double, image - someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor); "he could be Gingrich's double"; "she's the very image of her mother"
	3.	ringer - a contestant entered in a competition under false pretenses faker, imposter, impostor, pseud, pseudo, role player, sham, shammer, pretender, fraud, fake - a person who makes deceitful pretenses
	4.	ringer - (horseshoes) the successful throw of a horseshoe or quoit so as to encircle a stake or peg throw - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base" horseshoes, quoits - a game in which iron rings (or open iron rings) are thrown at a stake in the ground in the hope of encircling it

I think it is appropriate to look at what is being discussed here as as I feel the use of the term "ringer" is at best inaccurate....

Assuming we are not using definitions 1,2 or 4 above then that only leaves 3, and I doubt anybody here is suggesting any entrant to a Championships is entering under false pretenses.

 

Blaze Nationals this weekend - Understand ONE loan boat still possibly available by someone who cannot make it this time. 

Additional RINGERS and 'regular mortals' of course welcome to apply ..... this is a serious offer.  Nuff said on subject ?   Contact me via private message if tempted.

Mike L.  (aka Blaze 720 or 769)

Control of pros is another issue and in the case I mentioned, AFAIK the "guest helm" was not in fact a professional sailor.

Just got the latest Y&Y through, and Bob Fisher seems to get the tone about right when taking the micky out of the pro's who were close to loosing the 1/4 ton cup to a couple of amateur teams. I suspect that the banter in the article closely mirrors that in the bar, and I doubt that any of the teams resented having round the world sailors taking part, especially when they prooved to be almost beatable.

There is another article about class hopping - good timing on this thread, then, or was it a plant?!