Bloody Mary Sailjuice

Originally posted by Null Originally posted by Rupert So the bikes have a series of races over rough and smooth terrain. The majority of people only own one bike, which will be a compromise so they can cope on all surfaces and do better when conditions suit their particlar bike. Someone comes along with a selection of bikes, and chooses which one he will use when he sees the course. Pretty clear who is likely to win. I get what you are saying Rupert, but actually the bike analogy isn't a great one really.  As road bikers would not race off road.  Each discipline of cycling has a different bike.  TT, Road, Cyclocross, Track etc.  Even Mountain bikers have different mountain bikes for the different sub disciplines.  Its a very broad sport cycling, and is very, very kit heavy if you want to 'race' in different facets of the sport.

Null is spot on. I only play at cycling as a sport, but still own 4 bikes
Do take sailing slightly more seriously, but only ever own one boat at one time. Did own a radial rig as well as a standard rig when I owned a laser though.

Or, with the fact that the Sailjuice series is 4 to count from 8, perhaps they are going for the first two places, one in a fireball, one in a 505... 

Originally posted by Medway Maniac Originally posted by JimC Pursuit race results intrinsically do not contribute to PY. I would hope that results for Great Lakes handicap events come back in the returns with all the rest of the results for each club. As long as the rigs are recorded separately then rig switching is unlikely to noticeably affect PY numbers. If I were a flyweight Aero 5 sailor, I'm not sure I'd appreciate Mr Barton 'ringing in' and pushing my PY down by racing on a windy day when I'd be struggling and need a higher PY...

I'd hope there would be enough returns (if this wasn't a pursuit) from the Aero5 over a season that one person switching rig would be unnoticable. However, if it always happens when the wind picks up that the big guys swap down, then it would have an effect.So will light guys switching up when it is a drifter.

I do agree with those who say that rig switching is a personal choice, and if the rules allow it (so if the online entry can be changed on the day) then so be it. In the case of the winner, I assume he didn't bring both boats and choose on the shore, but made the decision a little earlier, looking at the forecast, which might have proved wrong?

LOL!