Hiking technique

Originally posted by Sam.Spoons

Originally posted by Sam.Spoons

					42.2

					Prohibited Actions

					Without limiting the application of rule 42.1, these actions are
prohibited:

							(a)  pumping: repeated fanning of any sail either by pulling in and
releasing the sail or by vertical or athwartship body movement;

							(b)  rocking: repeated rolling of the boat, induced by

									(1)  body movement,

									(2)  repeated adjustment of the sails or centreboard, or

							(3) steering;

							(c)  ooching: sudden forward body movement, stopped abruptly;

							(d)  sculling: repeated movement of the helm that is either forceful
or that propels the boat forward or prevents her from moving
astern;

							(e)  repeated tacks or gybes unrelated to changes in the wind or to
tactical considerations. 

You missed the important bit  

42.3 Exceptions
(a) A boat may be rolled to facilitate steering.
(b) A boat’s crew may move their bodies to exaggerate the rolling
that facilitates steering the boat through a tack or a gybe,
provided that, just after the tack or gybe is completed, the
boat’s speed is not greater than it would have been in the
absence of the tack or gybe.
(c) Except on a beat to windward, when surfing (rapidly
accelerating down the front of a wave) or planing is possible,
the boat’s crew may pull in any sail in order to initiate surfing
or planing, but each sail may be pulled in only once for each
wave or gust of wind.
(d) When a boat is above a close-hauled course and either
stationary or moving slowly, she may scull to turn to a closehauled
course.
(e) If a batten is inverted, the boat’s crew may pump the sail until
the batten is no longer inverted. This action is not permitted if
it clearly propels the boat.
(f) A boat may reduce speed by repeatedly moving her helm.
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(g) Any means of propulsion may be used to help a person or
another vessel in danger.
(h) To get clear after grounding or colliding with a vessel or
object, a boat may use force applied by her crew or the crew of
the other vessel and any equipment other than a propulsion
engine. However, the use of an engine may be permitted by
rule 42.3(i).
(i) Sailing instructions may, in stated circumstances, permit
propulsion using an engine or any other method, provided the
boat does not gain a significant advantage in the race.