Foiling Moth sailor rescued

Originally posted by aardvark_issues Originally posted by seamonkey The first rule is that to win you have to finish.   These are the second and third rules: Simplify, then add lightness If it breaks it's too light, if it doesn't it's too heavy

I guess development classes get driven down this route in the search for marginal gains where as other classes are restricted and as such don't perhaps take such risks with kit

Originally posted by bustinben There is no way, no way at all, that the yacht could have been "in the right".

I don't know I'd want to be quite as dogmatic as that. Supposing, for instance, a ship was outside the navigation channel? Doesn't the exclusion zone only apply in the shipping channel? Or supposing a boat had been instructed a ship was turning in one direction, and took a course under the direct instruction of the harbour authorities to avoid its planned course, and the ship then turned in the other direction?


Edited by JimC - 03 Feb 12 at 12:03am

I take it that at some point a report will come out?

Edited by Rupert - 03 Feb 12 at 8:40am

Originally posted by G.R.F. Originally posted by JimC   And if you finish last then there wasn't really much point in finishing at all. I disagree, if everyone took that attitude it wouldn't be much point in finishing first either would it? There's no joy in finishing first if you've never finished last in life.

I think Jim may have been looking at things from a building for lightness/is it strong enough perspective, rather than from a sailing ability one. If you build a boat in a development class which is incapable of ever doing anything but come last, then there is little point in even starting, let alone finishing.