3 boats length
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Topic: 3 boats length
Posted By: Henmch
Subject: 3 boats length
Date Posted: 02 Sep 23 at 2:10pm
| When calling for mark room at 3 boats length from the mark, is the boat length 3x the first boat to arrive in the zone? |
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Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 02 Sep 23 at 4:12pm
Not a actual measurement, it's a estimate. First boat could be a oppy  . Probably only way to get a specific zone would be a ring of bubbles, would only work in a lake though.------------- Robert |
Posted By: Dakota
Date Posted: 02 Sep 23 at 4:40pm
Basically yes ------------- Duncan D-zero 315 |
Posted By: ClubRacer
Date Posted: 02 Sep 23 at 9:39pm
Taken from the definitions page of the RRS
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Posted By: 423zero
Date Posted: 03 Sep 23 at 9:37am
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Class racing definition, handicap racing 18.2(a) ------------- Robert |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 03 Sep 23 at 12:18pm
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As said, yes, three boat lengths of the nearer boat. If its an Optimist and the other is a 50 foot offshore racer then that's just how it is. The other thing to keep in mind is the last point of certainty guideline in 18.2.e : that if there is reasonable doubt that an overlap was made in time, its assumed it was not, and if there's reasonable doubt an overlap was broken in time its assumed was not. That means its unwise to go poking your nose in at the last second.
There isn't normally any difference between fleet and handicap racing. |