Blood Rule!
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Forum Name: Race Management
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Topic: Blood Rule!
Posted By: sargesail
Subject: Blood Rule!
Date Posted: 02 Aug 12 at 9:01am
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Matt, having cut his fingers on the (new) slot gasket, was retired to the beach by the rescue boat on the ‘blood rule’ with his boat sailed in by a rescue boat volunteer.
From the Lightning Open report - I hope that this is in jest. If not a ridiculous piece of Health and Safety gone mad. Bit of claret (or a lot) in your own boat: your own decision to continue. Absolutely no right of the Race Management to interfere since safety is not affected. Anyone disagree? I'd be interested to hear more form the Lightnings - I assume there was consent....a rescue crew would have to prise me out of the boat for an injury if I wanted to sail on.
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Replies:
Posted By: MerlinMags
Date Posted: 02 Aug 12 at 9:07am
| I admit to having bled all over my boat (and others!) on occasion. But was the Lightning incident just a puffy finger with a bit of a cut.....or was it a big open slash that meant he couldnt grip very well? Remember the sea and wind state were not calm that day. |
Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 02 Aug 12 at 9:16am
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That's why I'd like to know.....but the view I take is that the rescue boat may take a decision that a competitor is too tired, light etc to right a boat... But not that they must retire through injury (unless it's Ian Percy back injury spasming in the bottom of the boat stuff - which refers you back to my first point above).
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Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 02 Aug 12 at 9:18am
| no don't disagree at all.... besides when I snagged my finger in an Oppy when I was kid I was told to stop crying and that a bit of blood in the boat will make a man of me... |
Posted By: G.R.F.
Date Posted: 02 Aug 12 at 9:58am
The lies they tell.  ------------- https://www.ease-distribution.com/" rel="nofollow - https://www.ease-distribution.com/ |
Posted By: pondmonkey
Date Posted: 02 Aug 12 at 10:01am
| I ignored him, retired and found a nice cheese toasty to warm me up. |
Posted By: blueboy
Date Posted: 02 Aug 12 at 10:29am
| Blood's a devil to get out of Dacron but wipes nicely off laminates. |
Posted By: alstorer
Date Posted: 02 Aug 12 at 10:48am
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If there was complusion, I'd like to see the bit in the SIs.... ------------- -_ Al |
Posted By: Presuming Ed
Date Posted: 02 Aug 12 at 2:00pm
| WAG: Is it a water quality/infection/fens agricultural fertilizer run off thing? |
Posted By: sargesail
Date Posted: 03 Aug 12 at 12:03am
| Could be: but if it's that bad they shouldn't be out at all! |
Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 03 Aug 12 at 9:48am
| When I write race reports I avoid outright fiction, but its probably fair to say that telling a good story comes a fair bit higher on the list than strictly verified historical accuracy. |