Multi-rig racing

Like I said, an interesting assertion, but do you have any evidence or sources to back it up?
RRS 87, and even more RRS78 seem to be quite difficult rules for those of us who like playing with boats, but if you're going to blithely say they don't apply when the clear text of the rules says they do you do need a bit more than a bare assertion or an "of course that's what it must mean".

Edited by JimC - 20 Mar 15 at 12:11pm

Originally posted by Peaky you won't have a published PY which would preclude you from many events

I hope not. It defeats one of the objects of the PYS scheme if people ban boats which don't have a published number. The statement that doing so is against the purpose of the scheme seems to have dropped off the guidance docs at some stage, but they do make it clear that the published numbers are an aid for a club to compile its own list, not a straightjacket.

I just did a quick google for
"published handicap" "sailing instructions" site:uk
and although I didn't get much back I got a few sets of club SIs which explained what they would do if a boat didn't have a published number, but none that said entry would be disallowed.

Edited by JimC - 20 Mar 15 at 12:32pm

Shouldn't do - but they will set you a handicap where you aren't likely to beat boats with established handicaps simply because what they set is far too kind. Which is where the whole handicap debate usually starts, with cries of "Down with the establishment" and "Fix, Fix" and recently "Bollox".

The SJ events have most definitely allowed boats without published numbers in recent years. They wouldn't have had Aeros and Zeros this year for example otherwise.

I'm not sure new and unusual boats should be either encourage or discouraged: Just treated the same as all the others. I suppose those who scream the "only real racing is class racing" mantra at every opportunity will disagree in one direction, as will the neophiliacs who scream about unfairness in the other.

Quite a few years ago now ISTR (correct me if I'm wrong) the Bloody Mary had a no prizes for boats without published numbers rule or something of the sort, maybe even a no entry thing at some stage, but as I *vaguely* recall it didn't attract good press and they changed the policy. Pretty sure that was pre Great Lakes/SJ. I could easily be wrong about all of that though.

Shame we can't just bung both lots in their own forum to scream and shout at each other and leave the rest of us out of it to discuss something more productive really.

Edited by JimC - 20 Mar 15 at 1:11pm

Originally posted by RS400atC A lot of events do.

I'm having trouble finding any such events after a good hammering of the search engine. Perhaps you'd like to list some so folk with new classes know which events to avoid?