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Laying the windward mark

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Forum Name: Race Management
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Topic: Laying the windward mark
Posted By: Guests
Subject: Laying the windward mark
Date Posted: 01 Jul 10 at 7:38pm

Done Com boat at quite a few events now with some good Race officers. They always use the compass and cotton on a stick to take a bearing before laying the windward mark, All makes totall sense, it needs to be accurate.....

......anyway Question: Does anyone bother with all this for the standard club races or do you just stick a moist appendage in the air and use best judgement?

or other method?




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Posted By: radixon
Date Posted: 01 Jul 10 at 9:50pm
We use set buoys and start line for club racing. For Events
it is a burgee on Committee boat and use that.



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Posted By: JimC
Date Posted: 01 Jul 10 at 10:13pm
I'm somewhat of a disbeliever when it comes to "perfect" beats: I'd rather the race crew just got on with the racing. On tidal courses any attempt to set a super accurate beat is surely doomed because of the tide, and inland 9 times out of 10 if you get the windward mark to within +- 5 degrees that's going to be less than the wind will swing about during the race anyway...

Here's a related question: would folks rather the race crews moved the windward mark on every lap so that the beats at least start true, or would they rather they left it so at least you have know exactly where it is and have a better idea of which side of the track is paying?


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