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H2
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Topic: K1 - Whats the point? Posted: 24 Jun 20 at 8:11am |
Oh I know! It was amusing when the class lent a boat to a well known super-star helm and then sent someone to film the race from the shore, the amount of movement caused some amusement on our class FB page. My sense is that abuse of rule 42 is pretty bad at club and at large handicap events but very uncommon at large fleet races where people have to get along after the race!
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zeon
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 11:41pm |
If your doing it in a rhythmic fashion, the answer is YES .
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 10:37pm |
Yeah, but if standing makes the boat inherently unstable so that it wobbles with the slightest wave, puff, lull etc, is the wobbling that follows rocking or not?
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 9:20pm |
Standing isn't, but rocking is.
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 8:54pm |
As annoying as it is, is standing up to reduce stability and hence be a bit more rolly, actually against rule 42?
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davidyacht
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 8:25pm |
Solos imo have got a lot better, at Championship level on water judging has helped establish where the line of acceptability is.
At our club we have been quite vocal with transgressors, and standing up is a giveaway which tends to attract derision.
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 3:41pm |
H2, only joshing, only ever seen H2's sailed correctly. Lasers probably worst, Stars are interesting to watch, their rocking action proves how effective it is, the fastest boat is the most violently rocked.
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H2
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 2:22pm |
Funny because at our club it is the Solos that stand up and we have to remind them to sit down! They always say its their knees or backs that need a stretch, poor old men
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Rupert
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 2:04pm |
Watched the odd Aero sailor standing up, and then claiming the boat was rocking because its unstable and he couldn't stop it. Funnily enough, saying Protest seemed to make the boat more stable.
It appears to happen in most classes, just some take a firmer line than others, which is fine if everyone on a circuit is following the same interpretation, but not when club handicap racing. |
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423zero
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 23 Jun 20 at 11:58am |
It's very sad to see such a new class to be called out for propelling, theirs only 6 of them
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