Fireball Worlds
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Category: Dinghy classes
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Topic: Fireball Worlds
Posted By: rich96
Subject: Fireball Worlds
Date Posted: 12 Dec 16 at 2:16pm
Have you seen how few boats are there ?
Ideal chance to have made the top 20 !
Why so few in SA ?
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Posted By: fab100
Date Posted: 12 Dec 16 at 2:24pm
505s had a poor turnout for their worlds a year or two ago in SA too
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Posted By: Noah
Date Posted: 12 Dec 16 at 3:14pm
Simple answer is it's a long way away and there's next to no local fleet, unfortunately. From the reports it seems they have put on a cracking event though and I wish I were there.
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Nick
D-Zero 316
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Posted By: Noah
Date Posted: 12 Dec 16 at 7:50pm
PS. Several boats have 'Flag F' scores recorded. This is a new one to me and I can find no reference in the RRS. Anyone know?
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Nick
D-Zero 316
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Posted By: maxibuddah
Date Posted: 12 Dec 16 at 8:48pm
Fooked
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Everything I say is my opinion, honest
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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 12 Dec 16 at 9:01pm
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Pity the SIs aren't on line (at least not that I can see). Flag F denotes the finish of course, and they're apparently getting a score of finishing place plus 1 point, so I wonder if its competitors who have been lapped. or otherwise finished early without sailing the whole course. If so seems a bit weird to me.
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Posted By: RS400atC
Date Posted: 12 Dec 16 at 9:15pm
Originally posted by JimC
Pity the SIs aren't on line (at least not that I can see). Flag F denotes the finish of course, and they're apparently getting a score of finishing place plus 1 point, so I wonder if its competitors who have been lapped. or otherwise finished early without sailing the whole course. If so seems a bit weird to me. |
Sounds like it was rough and the committee boat wanted to go home before the also-rans? or applied a finish to those over the time limit?
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Posted By: ianwat2212
Date Posted: 16 Dec 16 at 4:24pm
SIs allowed boats over the time limit to be scored in their position on course plus 1. A very fast winner combined with a lot of swimming meant a lot of boats were timed out on the first two days!
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Fireball RSA 14723
Simonis 35 "Scarlet Sun" SA 1500
Royal Cape Yacht Club
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