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davidyacht
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Topic: Changes to the Racing Rules of Sailing 2021 Posted: 01 Aug 20 at 8:34pm |
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Why ... surely if mere mortals like us will make the adjustment when we race next year, surely the gods of sailing are capable of making the necessary adjustments ... or did I miss irony
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Brass
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Aug 20 at 12:13am | |
I think this discussion about implementation timing isn't very useful, but it takes about 18 months for the Team Racers and Match Racers to spot potential for exploitation in new rules and for these new 'moves' to work their way up and be tested out at high level events. |
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Paramedic
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The trouble is they've done all the built ups to the games over the last four years under a set of rules. It doesn't really seem fair to change them for the event itself. They and their coaches have picked them to death and in the ultimate competition they're different - seems wrong to me. Why not just suspend the adoption of the new rules for 12 months? Its not as if there's loads of competitive racing going on and - unfortunately - you have to ask how much this will change in the next weeks/months given what's going on.
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davidyacht
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Aug 20 at 10:26am | |
What a load of tosh ... the rules are for all sailors not just Olympians and if World Sailing see that improvements are required, presumably to shut down unintended loopholes then why should the Olympians not benefit ... its not rocket science to check up on any changes and apply them, which I shall have to do in next years Commissioning Race ... no doubt assisted by the latest version of the Rules in Practice. |
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Paramedic
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Aug 20 at 5:21pm | |
Blimey David no need to be quite so aggressive Does the reverse not also apply? If you're 3/4 of the way through a series would you be happy if the rules changed? To be honest I've no overly strong feelings either way but to me it doesn't seem fair or makes to sense to change the rules before a cycle has completed. Just sayin...........
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davidyacht
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Aug 20 at 6:07pm | |
Particularly grumpy this morning ... apologies.
However I would not have considered that they were part way through a series which starts on 23rd July 2021, the new rules come into effect on 1st January, 2021 ... I would guess that it would be more confusing to Olympic sailors if they had to revert back to the present rules after seven months of applying the 2021 rules in whatever other events they have attended. Anyway as Brass points out the changes are apparently minor.
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JimC
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iGRF
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Called Mast Abeam on someone today, they still respond.
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Paramedic
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Aug 20 at 9:04pm | |
With how many fingers?
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Paramedic
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 02 Aug 20 at 9:07pm | |
No worries :) You could look at it like that, and like I said I don't really have strong feelings. I haven't read the changes and as/if they are minor it probably doesn't matter. You've got to have a changeover somewhere obviously.
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