RS aero

jeffers, I don't think its moving anywhere. Any open meeting will be three classes. Any series not run by the CA will do whatever the series says and I would expect that to reflect three classes, so if you sail two rigs you get two entries.

Originally posted by SimonW99 JimC  Not sure I get that one. If they are lighter and change down earlier than I have to I would expect the advantage up to the point when I have to blade or pull the board up as I am still efficient. Peaky, I can't say whether a 5 would get much more out of a 9 than they would a 7 in a drifter as they would be sailing with the worst possible handicap. They would be better off sticking to the 7 and its handicap IMHO.  I personally think one sail is enough for most. If you want to get two, its probably the most difficult call at 75 KG. If on the sea you might go 5 -7 whereas inland you might go for 7-9. However it is all a bit academic as if I was say 80kg, I would get a 7 only and it would do me fine. Interestingly, out of 24 boats here, I think only 4 people have additional rigs.  I personally wouldn't have include the PY's or the 'reef' down suggestions in the rules, but I assume its trying to be helpful as EN exists and the option we use seems to work fine.

What JimC was saying that when you are underpowered, the lightweights can change up to a 9 and be fully powered up. Certainly in a Phantom I would say that I'm not fully powered up in at least 50% of club races, probably more. That is why rig swapping always reduces the optimum weight range.

Given the dearth of boats for heavier gentlemen it undermines the value of the 9 imho.

Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by jeffers Seems like a slightly better job could have been done IMO to remove any ambiguity. Thing is if that was the intention why were they not simply put in standard SIs in the same way that contact allowed mark roundings and the like are in the standard SIs for the other RS classes.

I read those rules as; if an areo (only) event is determined by numbers to be a handicap series then you can change down once the series has started, but to change up a rig then you're a new entry.  Why wouldn't you just say rig change what ever direction and not complicate it by limiting it.

Originally posted by Bootscooter Originally posted by jeffers Anyone doing doing so with the defence that the class rules allow it may find themself subject to a protest of some form Presumably if anyone did get away with this defence it would give me the ability to free-pump my way around the course in my Finn?