John, It seems to me that your argument is based on the fact that the sailor knows that he/she is over! It is impossible for a sailor to know exactly where they are relative to the starting line at the starting signal… Lets say you are sailing in a large fleet of 24 foot sloops. The starting line might be well over 1000 feet long. Are you going to be able to determine if you were over by 18 inches?! Almost every sailor has had a race in their life where they came of the line thinking, “holy cow, I’m launched, I must have been over.” Are you suggesting they should retire or restart immediately to show good sportsmanship? I’ve known Pete for a while — He’s definitely not advising sailors to try get away with anything.
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T.H. please tell how you reconcile your opinion: …alls fair in love, war, and starting a sailboat race without penalty…. with the racing rules of sailing: 2 FAIR SAILING A boat and her owner shall compete in compliance with recognized principles of sportsmanship and fair play. Perhaps you have heard stories of competitors, having broken a rule without being ‘caught’, still take their penalty? Corinthian spirit, respect for yourself and your competitors. Please think about it.
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Y’re all right here Pete – I’ve been both coaching Opti kids as well as sitting in the comittee boat so I can agree what you describe. But the strategy is not so uniqe – almost everyone is thinking the same and as a result are more conservative and stuggling for a ‘stealth mode’ start. More things to be avare of: It the BFD start goes off and then a general recall You must immediatly ‘dive down’ / bear off and hide. Many do the mistake to continue in close hauled course fully visible.
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I run a lot of races and while you might want to be non-discript at the start, when finishing you need to stand out in big, close fleets. Sail numbers get blocked there too! I find that if you set a square line and postpone when the wind shifts to bunch one end, the fleet gets less agressive. Eliminate the discards, say that you will not hail OCS boats, and use the V flag to warn that boats are over in the last two minutes and the fleet gets even less agressive. The object afterall is to have fair starts, not disqualify people.
