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Ralph T
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Topic: International 14 Worlds Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 10:58am |
Anyone know what rule the Protest Committee used to give redress to the Ausies against Alistair & Ian? Whilst no-one likes the use of 'Team/Match Racing' tactics in fleet racing, it does happen & obviously won Ben the Gold in Sydney. The implications of this decision (even though it is only one event) could be extremely significant |
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Contender443
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 11:16am |
I would think this is different to what Ben did in Sydney - he used match racing tactics. This looks like team racing tactics, this is not on in fleet racing. Getting a friend or friends to hamper another competitor is not sportman like. If this is what happened then they deserve what they get. After all this is what the rules say is it not. On the other hand it must have been a very difficult thing to prove and I would not like to have been on the protest committee for that one. |
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Phil eltringham
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 12:30pm |
I agree, the problem is that you will have to prove that it was a team effort, and given that there is no rule saying you have to sail at your fastest then it is quite easy for the aussies to say that it was one boat "doing a ben" (for want of a better term) just for themselves. Iwould love to see the race and the transcripts from the protest, if nothing else to see what the official line was on the matter
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Harry44981!
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 1:07pm |
The 'team racing' protest by aussies http://www.takapunaboating.org.nz/SMLogo/PROTEST.doc The redress http://www.takapunaboating.org.nz/SMLogo/PROTEST%20No%203.do c |
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Ralph T
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 1:34pm |
Can't believe that anyone could disagree with the Protest Committee. Pretty obvious what was happeneing when Alistair 'sailed back' from 150 mtres ahead Thought it might have been rule 2 & good to see that it is being implemented Thanks for the info Harry |
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Scooby_simon
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 3:09pm |
was the series 7 races, discard 2 ? (or discard 1) If discard only one then does this not apply : As AUS631 is discarding a 27, if they could be sailed down to 29th they would need to count it and then be down the pan ?
And if so was not GBR1516 valid in trying this (all-be-it too late as it was probably (rightly?) seen as an attempt to help GBR1513). Any one know how many discards were available ? Sure I am missing something here ? |
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Phil eltringham
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 3:12pm |
By the looks of it i think the RMW boys could have been a bit more subtle about it. Simply follow the aussies round the whole course slowing them a little at a time instead of doing it all in one hit at the end, where their influence could easilly be quantified. Harder to do, but 'safer' from their point of view.
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 3:45pm |
Discard 1 by the look of it. The way I read it, that is implicit in the protest committee's report. Also the NOR http://www.takapunaboating.org.nz/SMLogo/Int%2014%20NoR.doc doesn't say anything special about discard, and the default arrangement in RRS Appendix A is one discard. The SIs don't seem to be on the website. Personally I think GBR1516 was lucky to avoid a rule 69 protest. |
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Ralph T
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 4:23pm |
If you have not read the links please do, the reports are so enlightening! What price the RYA Charter when the pressures of performance to gain sponsorship and RYA funding require our top sailors to resort to such depths |
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Stefan Lloyd
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 20 Feb 05 at 4:55pm |
It does seem as though something like the "professional foul" has come to a major sailing event, and that if the need to show a return on their sponsor's money hadn't been involved, the incident may not have happened. |
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