unorthadox tactic
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Topic: unorthadox tactic
Posted By: feva sailor
Subject: unorthadox tactic
Date Posted: 03 Sep 08 at 10:05pm
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just had a brain wave. i know were notalowed to touch/grab and crash into marks but it says nothing about the aancor chains and so on. i know i cant smash into the comity boat but is there a rule against grabbing its ancor chain till about 2 mins or so then pick my position on the line? just something i thought of while waiting for the tide 
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Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 04 Sep 08 at 7:44am
| Yes. You'll almost certainly be on the wrong side of the line, and find yourself with no way of getting onto the front row. |
Posted By: feva sailor
Date Posted: 04 Sep 08 at 5:15pm
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the 2 handers areound here are rare normally i have about 5 other boats on the line no problem for room and port tack flyers arent as confusing as there is less boats to avoid
a well its always good to think out of the box |
Posted By: Medway Maniac
Date Posted: 04 Sep 08 at 11:40pm
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Rule 45 says: HAULING OUT; MAKING FAST; ANCHORING A boat shall be afloat and off moorings at her preparatory signal. Thereafter, she shall not be hauled out or made fast except to bail out, reef sails or make repairs. She may anchor or the crew may stand on the bottom. She shall recover the anchor before continuing in the race unless she is unable to do so. So, provided you can claim the pin end buoy or the committee boat as part of your anchoring system, and take it with you when you start ------------- http://www.wilsoniansc.org.uk" rel="nofollow - Wilsonian SC http://www.3000class.org.uk" rel="nofollow - 3000 Class |
, you might get away with it...Posted By: feva sailor
Date Posted: 05 Sep 08 at 3:30pm
in the estuary i know where the sand banks are so i can sail over them and digg the dagger board into it till im ready
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Posted By: chrisclark123
Date Posted: 06 Sep 08 at 4:02pm
| We do this at my sailing club where our start line is 5m away from moorings, so on a light air day sail/paddle out to a close mooring and hold on until our 3min gun then drift to the line. |