Rule 87

You learn something every day (well most days anyway ....)

But the best thing is of course scratch class racing so why would you want to give different Lasers different PYs based on sail age? Plus all the work you make for the race recorders ...

Ask your club. PYs come from the club running the racing. Two clubs could give different PYs to the same boat.

Hear, hear. He's someone who has always gone out of his way to help and encourage other sailors. "Putting nothing into sailing" - bah humbug to that.

The solution is of course to form local classes/handicap groupings in which only a single class fits with on tinny winny modification......

Please don't get me wrong, for large events the rule seems to fit the bill, and i don't dispute the hard work but in by national and international governing bodies, but we all know sailors who will use this rule to protest out sailors who are using replica sails in club races on a wednesday evening.  Why not re-word the rule to read at any race held under the auspisis of the Class assoc........ie opens/regional/Nationals etc.  Any leave clubs to decide if they approve the use of replicas for club races.  Lets face it where manufacturers are charging a fair price for the product there is no market for replicas anyway.  If ISAF wants to protect revenue streams why not formalise the use of replicas for club races and charge the replica manufacturer the ISAF fee.  That would go down well with a certain very large manufacturer....not.

Oh and lost measurement certificates, you should see the pain in the rear end getting the ones for the Europe is turning into, so technically I can be kicked form any race I enter in it!

And taking the example of well know builder of replica sails, as well as making a tidy profit I always found him and his team hugely approachable and willing to offer advice and tips whenever asked.

Affordable club-level sailing. Something that's pretty important in the current climate.

All this rule is likely to do is accelerate the trend to all-handicap racing at club level where, as others have pointed out, the rule doesn't apply. Stupid, stupid, stupid.