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  Paul Zupan 25-Dec-23 19:56

• Class breaks in handicap racing
  >50% boat / handicap and 50% crew skill -
  
  I've only done analysis for dinghy racing, but across all the classes l looked at, even up to Olympic level, the spread of finish times was around 20% of the race winner's time. While I strongly suspect that mark roundings and upwind wind shadow tend to spread fleets out  i suggest such a large variation puts crew skill a great deal higher than 50%, and handicap/rating a great deal lower. Its also an interesting exercise to take a series scored on handicap, and calculate what change would make a givenboat win. The results, again wiith dinghy racing, support the same conclusion. Handicaps, for what my opinion is worth, make a lot less difference than most people think.
  Jim Champ Today 03:54
• Is There a Case in the Future for A Less-Formal Meditation Process
  Thanks so much for your original question, John. It has sparked a great debate.
  
  Re the use of drones etc for umpiring/judging/etc, the technology is not quite there yet. My drones can last 45 mins in the air and military versions can probably double that ... at a price!
  
  I really like the idea, but we are not quite there yet. Is it two years away or five? I really don't know.
  
  
  David Taylor Today 02:42
• RRS 41 (c) OUTSIDE HELP and CASE 120 in Open Waters Racing
  Thanks - yes, we figured so (and we often announce to Orgainsers in meetings as well that this is how we are handling it). Of course, the corollary to this during racing is that the lads aboard use subscription cell phones or Starlink for wifi to access the free versions of Windy and Windguru (and we have a notebook / nav station aboard that has annual sunscription operating systems etc)...
  John Quirk Today 01:06
• Does a competitor "see the incident" if they see it on a video?
  Exactly Angelo, and 'observed' is in the same sort of category (tensing)...if the intent is that there is to be no 'retrospective' aspect if you will, the words: 'see', or 'observe', at the time of racing'  would be properly succinct. There is then though the 'fairness' considerations (surely, if an authenticated video comes to light and seen before the finish of the protest time, in all fairness, it should be acted upon)?
  John Quirk Today 00:56
• Can a boat break RRS 2 while breaking RRS 23.1?
  'overthinking' vs 'misthinking'
  
  As a Moderator of the forum, I'd like to (again) discourage everyone from using those terms in replies to others.
  
  There is no reason to characterize someone else's post or thought process as an over/under amount of thought.  If you disagree and want to make a counterpoint, make it directly. 
  
  The person characterizing others as such risks insulting the recipient of the characterization and that risks stifling participation on the forum. 
  Angelo Guarino Fri 12:51

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