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andy101
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Topic: Being Daft in Handicap Races Posted: 27 Feb 12 at 9:19pm |
in a laser always make the faster boat go below you - in marginal conditions you can sometimes hitch a lift on their wake for a bit if you catch it right.
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jeffers
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Feb 12 at 9:31am |
Remember Mark Room applies from the closest boat.....
So an Assy coming in sailing the angles on Startboard is likely to have entitlement to Mark Room from a long way out. Boats running DDW or approaching from Port should be aware of this.
In large event where some boats are not used to these situations it can lead to a lot of confusion.
The answer is to give room and protest later if you feel you were wronged rather than shout the odds.
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sargesail
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 29 Feb 12 at 9:33pm |
Jeffers,
Well aware of it and why we set up on the inside on many occasions. But I'm talking slow moving lasers running by the lee on port. I was looking up their transom line having rounded as the B14. Their nose was variously 1.5 to 2 boat lengths from the mark and the B14 was a good 3/4 of a length behind transom line calling not room (and I mean the sprit not the bow), but starboard. Happened twice. The answer is for people to know and apply the rules. This was too much to be misperception just bullying. Because once the 3 lasers give room the damage is done.
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blueboy
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Mar 12 at 9:40am |
That's a matter of opinion. What's good for their race position is for them to decide, not you. Even if it did hurt their race position, a bit of luffing might persuade you to plan passing to leeward in future. A reputation for luffing is well worth acquiring as it tends to stop people taking liberties. |
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Mar 12 at 10:25am |
Ok, so have we reached a conclusion that one definition of being daft in handicap races is to attempt to pass a slower boat to windward close enough to interfere with their air?
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Mar 12 at 10:49am |
When we first got into racing there was an older chap in a Laser who would do all he could to stop us getting past. He was a better sailor than me (and still is) but he knew that if we got past early, we would beat him on handicap. He luffed us, stuffed us and covered us at every opportunity.....We learned loads.
I learned that overtaking down/off wind requires thought about tactical stuff (instead of pedal to the metal dumbness). Also learned that upwind overtaking was safer and provided more opportunities so I needed to get my upwind sailing sorted.........I can now avoid most of these situations and am a slightly improved racer.
If you get luffed it's your own fault for being luffable IMO.
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iansmithofotley
Far too distracted from work Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: Otley, West Yorkshire Online Status: Offline Posts: 209 |
Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Mar 12 at 11:51am |
Hi
everyone, When
I started racing, a long time ago, there were the ‘Racing Rules of Sailing’ (as
they are now called) and the ‘Unwritten Rules of Sailing’, which was in effect
‘etiquette’ and ‘gentlemanly conduct’.
I learned these ‘unwritten rules’ by experience, from friendly advice
and by learning from my own transgressions. I soon got to know what was acceptable, and what was not
acceptable, behaviour on the water, albeit within the ‘racing rules’. I
also found that it is usually the same people, all the time, who don’t conform
to the ‘unwritten rules’, who either never seem to learn, or are just prepared
to take liberties. Maybe they just
don’t give a damn about the other competitors. It
happens at my own club and I can think of an 800 and a couple of Vortexes who
do it all the time, and they have been doing it for years. They never, ever, try to pass slower
boats to leeward – always to windward.
Furthermore, they never take a ‘hint’ (with a small luff to indicate to
them not to pass), a further ‘hint’, or even another ‘hint’, and then they are
not happy if they are stuffed up to windward with their kites stalling. If a
slower boat allow a faster boat to pass to windward without a response by the
slower boat, there is always a danger that other faster boats will get the
message and all try to do the same, so the slower boat is helpless and looses a
lot of time to a lot of boats. The
problem with this is that it causes unwanted bad feelings, and also encourages
people to get reputations as ardent luffers. From my own experience, at my club, I have found that this
behaviour never comes from the top sailors in the club, they tend to just crack
off a bit, sail past to leeward, and then choose their ongoing course. So are
these ‘unwritten rules of sailing’ a thing of the past or is it that a lot
of people just don’t care any more? There
again, maybe it’s just me that doesn’t understand. Ian (Yorkshire Dales S.C.) |
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JimC
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Mar 12 at 12:31pm |
The big trouble with unwritten rules is that they aren't written down, and tend to vary from place to place, so they are always a bit dificult to work out... At open events its probably better to rely on RRS and a dose of common sense, especially the thought that whatever you hand out you are liable to get back with interest. Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid may be out of fashion, but the principle still applies... |
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getafix
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Mar 12 at 12:53pm |
Spot on. I've been lucky enough to sail at several clubs, inland and on the sea over the years and there have been a few who just ignore the rules, never mind those not actually written down in club racing. What's always made me smile/grit my teeth is the fact that these same people often comply with all the rules at opens... so it's a very deliberate act when they don't in 'normal' club series races. |
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bustinben
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 01 Mar 12 at 4:26pm |
If the "unwritten rules" are things that are sensible conduct that can be derived from understanding the RRS, things that will help you in your race then fine. But you don't need "rules" for that really, just a sensible head. The main problem I have with unwritten rules is that the people that use them (in my experience) can tend to do do so for their own advantage only. When you're racing, follow the RRS and try and maximise your finishing position within them. Anything else will lead to conflict and confusion :) If someone stuffs you, and they're within their rights under the RRS to do so, tough! Just because you can't see the advantage of them doing so doesn't mean there isn't one! And even if there really isn't... tough! Edited by bustinben - 01 Mar 12 at 4:27pm |
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