Confusng Situations

Originally posted by The Moo Duncan Having sat on protest committees where protestor and protestee could not agree on what actually happened one hour after the race. The likelihood of you and I now agreeing to exactly that actually happened months ago and therefore coming up with the correct resolution is pretty much zilch. If the situation happened as you describe (which is where we do not fully agree) then clearly your question has already been answered earlier in this thread. So live long and prosper We are away this weekend but will be at the Club next Wednesday evening.   Not sure when we will see you guys next so can you get in contact (not via forum ) to discuss arrangements for keys etc.

cheers, will be in touch.

Duncan

Having sat on protest committees where protestor and protestee could not agree on what actually happened one hour after the race. The likelihood of you and I now agreeing to exactly that actually happened months ago and therefore coming up with the correct resolution is pretty much zilch.

If the situation happened as you describe (which is where we do not fully agree) then clearly your question has already been answered earlier in this thread. So live long and prosper

We are away this weekend but will be at the Club next Wednesday evening.   Not sure when we will see you guys next so can you get in contact (not via forum ) to discuss arrangements for keys etc.   

Well enjoy your laugh at my expense mate, but my recollection of the situation is that I went into the zone clear ahead, you tried to get into gap between me and the mark and the door was shut on you and we tangled whilst rounding the mark. I recall my rounding of the mark involved heading up on a closehauled course and any tack came after I had left the mark astern and not as part of the rounding (which this thread discussion was originally about)

If I was aggrieved at being called starboard on it was because I felt that there were unresolved issues from our tangling during the mark rounding.

Like I said it would have been good to have discussed it further at the time but if I recall correctly you retired from the race after that incident which made it impossible.

Originally posted by ex laser Originally posted by The Moo Gordon A nice clear explanation of Situation 2. Quite scary how few people (in my experience)actually seem to understand it or choose to ignore it in practice and tack round a mark without any regards to the boat behind. i could not agree more martin, shame you did not remember it at mark no 1 the week i sailed elaines moth!!!!!!!!!!

Duncan. I'm struggling to remember the finer detail but I do have a recollection of tangling with you during a rounding of Mark no 1 a while back. However, unlike Situation 2 described by the OP, I thought the approach to it on that day was sailing offwind from No 4 or similar and heading up close hauled as we rounded. If it is the same incident I don't recollect actually tacking to round the mark before leaving it astern and getting in your way.

Shame that we did not discuss this on the day really....

Gordon

A nice clear explanation of Situation 2. Quite scary how few people (in my experience)actually seem to understand it or choose to ignore it in practice and tack round a mark without any regards to the boat behind.