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  Angelo Guarino Yesterday 13:37
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  John Quirk Mon 04:08
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  Mark Townsend Fri 18:39
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  John Quirk Fri 04:10

• Mark-Room and Room to Pass an Obstruction who wins.
  The RRS are derived with a basis of fairness in mind - which includes clarity and predictability of outcomes. Outside of team racing, the setting of traps is not part of the ethic or philosophy of the rules system or sailing's basic concept of fairness. In my opinion, SL could not have anticipated that PE would shun room between SL and the obstruction when SL chose to pass between the two, and SL should not be forced to anticipate the size of the gap required for both boats to pass through it. On a human judgment level, SL should be the beneficiary of any element of doubt out of simple fairness.
  
  The (given) statement that the gap was 2 BLs wide would convince me that PE should have simply shot the gap, unless SL was taking more room than she was entitled to. The image shows SLs boom almost touching the mark, so, absent contrary evidence, I'd say she played the game properly and it's PE's decision whether to shoot the gap, or slow down and follow, or go around. No rules broken, IMHO.
  
  Perhaps this reveals that I'm more of an "intent" guy than a textualist when interpreting rules documents, but I think this approach works better for amateur sports - particularly when the rule text does not explicitly deal with the topic at hand.  
  Doug Bailey Today 16:28
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  John Quirk Today 00:12
• Does a competitor "see the incident" if they see it on a video?
  Thanks Ben....
  John Quirk Yesterday 04:07
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  John Quirk Yesterday 01:20
• Class breaks in handicap racing
  Yes David, in that scenario would be for sure. I just use the rough 50-50 average here to mentor the young lads (ie don't hide behind it or throw in the towel just becasue of one's handicap) - and inside the boat 50% is the boat itself + 'technology developments' (getting a flying jib or something or rather) by owner, skipper and crew, to gain advantge over competitiors (handicap affect gets a lot less)
  John Quirk Tue 04:16

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