• Question of terminology when all boats do not race together
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  Gordon Davies Wed 14:03
• A keen volunteer with a conflict of interest
  42 Comments
  Benjamin Harding Tue 11:09
• Should "Basic Principles" be added to RRS 4 & 5?
  7 Comments
  Angelo Guarino Mon 13:40
• Judges walking the Dock
  13 Comments
  Robert Stewart Mon 04:13
• Language language language
  19 Comments
  Michael Moradzadeh Sat 06:09

• Judges walking the Dock
  I agree with this very, very strongly indeed.
  
  In fact, I'd go further and argue that what we're dealing with is a Gresham's Law of conduct; that is, the bad conduct drives out the good. There is no incentive to follow the RRS and take your penalty when you know you're wrong when the alternative of a lot of shouting rules and brazening it out gets rewarded. 
  
  A self-policing sport does not work if the culture is that any protest gets met with moaning about "Sort it out on the water". We have, then, a problem. How it gets fixed, I do not know for sure, but that the issue needs to be faced is I think a given.
  Tim O'Connor Today 12:55
• Why is the "red flag" needed?
  But Angelo, we already know what happens if you don't require a flag from several years of dinghy racing. Why would one need a further experiment? 
  Jim Champ Today 01:35
• A keen volunteer with a conflict of interest
  Sorry.
  
  I was in a rush last night so missed attaching the link. 
  
  (Stumbled on that appeal case looking for something completely different!  Will take some time to digest it.)
  
  I think I'm with Mike, though now I wonder what the repercussions of withdrawing it would be. Might cause even more issues! 
  
  Of course the issue of conflict of interest is not addressed in the RYA Appeal. That's another matter.
   
  Haha. It's never-ending. 
  
  Interesting find though... 
  
  
  
  Benjamin Harding Today 00:14
• Question of terminology when all boats do not race together
  https://blog.sailevent.net/2025/11/what-do-you-means-its-not-in-class.html
  Richard Creer Yesterday 19:03
• Should "Basic Principles" be added to RRS 4 & 5?
  I think that there is a difference between 'will promptly take a penalty' and 'are encouraged to'. 
  
  When reading RRS 2 it is essential to refer to WS Case 138, which sets out actions that can be cosidered to be examples of bad sportsmanship or misconduct.
  Gordon Davies Wed 12:51

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