Congrats to U Mass Dartmouth! Any word on how they got straight into being a fully funded team with a full staff in a year??? Maybe the rest of us could learn from what they did!
Four Boat Staring Line
Interesting Article Thankyou. Question: How did you manage signalling individual recalls, by each section of line, so flag & sound signal on each starboard end boat? and if you had, had to what was the general recall plan? Any chance of seeing you sailing instructions and procedures/instructions to starting personnel. Thanks Tim
multiple starting boats
How fair is it to have 13 to 17 foot long inflatable boats in the middle of the starting line. I assume they are considered legal obstructions and cannot be touched by a racing vessel. Do they not create large holes in the middle of the starting line w/ 7 feet of the dinghy infront … Read More
4-boat start line
Thanks all for the comments. For Steve P., the line was not from A to D but from A to B, B to C, and C to D; as diagrammed in the sailing instructions, which you do not have. Sorry about that confusion. Essentially there were three starting lines. As spotter on Signal boat, I … Read More
General Recalls and Black Flags by Ken Legler
We were on the water during the recent Opti New Englands and were very impressed by the efficiency of the starting line. The races went off like clockwork. It was amazing. We also liked the 4 flites instead of multiple flites with two colors for each start. They did not have to wait at the … Read More
4 Boats
Hi Great article, good ideas, maybe this should be the new standard. Sounds also like it would be well to train race committes, or have them train themselves, as much as other sports train their officials.
Black Flag article
I really like your article and agree with most of the sentiments, especially the reason fo r using ‘I’ flag. I am, however, concern by teh contradictory comments: “…we dropped both start boats “B” and “C”… back about three feet.” and ” … the race committee had not one or two, but six sets of … Read More
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shark 606
I owned shark 606 “windrift for mant years sailing out of RoyalHamilton yacht club. She was built in 1967. Ibought her in 1972′ My wife and I raced her with modet success, But also cruised her extensivly on lake ontario. We logged 6,168 nautical miles before trading up to a c&c 25 in1976. Thank you … Read More
what could go wrong
Ken, Great piece you share with the world. Advise for sailors of all ages, team or fleet should take to the race course every time. “Mast fouling” new to us old guys. Splendid RPODR last weekend. See you next year at AYC. Cheers, Robie Pierce
8 un-rigged new CFJ's
hulls alone, what value? $30K-40K? Are you interested? One buy, quick sale to a club! Molded from Vanguard’s, former mold recently. Unclaimed by Performance Laser as of this date. Up for grabs, just slightly over weight for College Comp. sales. If not interested, any idea’s for full rigged pricing? I offered to broker them. Your … Read More
sailing
Keeping in touch with the sailing world from southern calafonia.
nationals
Way to go Nado