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    Posted: 08 Oct 15 at 10:12pm
Tying each boat to a line on an entry form is also tricky if you aren't sure what you are looking at. Oddly, we have 2 boats with 2324 on the sail at Whitefriars. Luckily one is a Contender and the other a Firefly.
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Originally posted by Neptune

Didn't the UKLA ban a club from hosting or at least withdraw their open after they allowed non-class legal sails to compete in a certified class event.

Not sure, but I sailed at a UKLA open meeting where the winner sailed with a Olympic 2012 coloured sail, without numbers. I have heard these are out of class (not sure why they should be out of class, just what I've read on other forums)

The RO asked if anyone wanted to protest him but nobody did.

And the club is still hosting opens


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Being able to identify rigs can become an issue at large class events if both (or all 3) fleets end up finishing at the same time.

Yes in theory they all have unique sail numbers but I know it caused havoc at the master this year.
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I notice that fake goods are sold on ebay as 'Homage'. Presumably there is software that picks up words like 'fake' or 'replica'. So we have Laser homage sails. Very nice.
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Originally posted by Hengest



Originally posted by Neptune

Didn't the UKLA ban a club from hosting or at least withdraw their open after they allowed non-class legal sails to compete in a certified class event.

Not sure, but I sailed at a UKLA open meeting where the winner sailed with a Olympic 2012 coloured sail, without numbers. I have heard these are out of class (not sure why they should be out of class, just what I've read on other forums)
The RO asked if anyone wanted to protest him but nobody did.
And the club is still hosting opens



That is a little different again. I assume it was out of class for reasons of sail numbers, or branding, or something, not because it was effectively a different type of sail.
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Originally posted by iiiiitick

I notice that fake goods are sold on ebay as 'Homage'. Presumably there is software that picks up words like 'fake' or 'replica'. So we have Laser homage sails. Very nice.


Pronounced 'Omarge? Or hommidge?
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I suppose it depends where one spends ones 'olidays Rupert?
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Originally posted by davidyacht

Hard enough for the RO telling a Radial from a Standard imo

other than the reversed  window  and  didn;t they introduce  coloured corners when they stopped the coloured leech panels  on radials
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Should the race officer and his team have to identify the nuances of the OEM?  This is all made more murky by the manufacturers and CAs tolerance of knock off sails
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Originally posted by davidyacht

Should the race officer and his team have to identify the nuances of the OEM?  This is all made more murky by the manufacturers and CAs tolerance of knock off sails


At UKLA events that would fall to class reps to enforce OEM.
Outside of UKLA it's down to the sailors to decide what equipment is acceptable by means of protest.
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