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    Posted: 22 Oct 08 at 4:05pm

I also found the gate/finish area to be too congested, and would favour putting the gate above the finish line, even if only by having the CTB below one of the gate marks to form a finish line. I'd be happy to pay a quid extra to fund bow numbers. 

A separate issue re the 3 minutes... as the first fleet to start, I found the three minutes to be rather short notice. All later fleets had 6 minutes or more warning. Have you tried simulating this for the first fleet by flying the AP flag and dropping it a minute (or 3) before the first class flag goes up, etc.

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Originally posted by sstannard

I also found the gate/finish area to be too congested, and would favour putting the gate above the finish line, even if only by having the CTB below one of the gate marks to form a finish line. I'd be happy to pay a quid extra to fund bow numbers. 

A separate issue re the 3 minutes... as the first fleet to start, I found the three minutes to be rather short notice. All later fleets had 6 minutes or more warning. Have you tried simulating this for the first fleet by flying the AP flag and dropping it a minute (or 3) before the first class flag goes up, etc.

Simon, best bet is to keep an eye on the flags on the boat; then the finish line flag drops, a start is probable soon.  Another good plan is to stay to leeward of the line behind the CTB so you can hear the hooter. 

I'll add it to the "possibles" for next year.
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Originally posted by oz man

i actually thought it worked really well this year the big problem was boats stopping as soon as they passed the finish line, leaving anyone left to finish to weave their way through through traffick that had allready finished racing. not alot the race team can do about this. which is why i would prefer to finish off the normal course.

Good point. Maybe we can get the finished boats to keep clear by covering it at the briefing.

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