• How long is the race committee allowed to change the position of the first windward mark?
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  Christian Hartmann Yesterday 19:30
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  Catalan Benaros 25-Oct-30 18:55
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  Cases
  27
  Not required to anticipate a boat will break a rule - such an important principal.
  32
  Empowerment of the documents - what Bob said at the skipper's briefing is irrelevant.  Conversely, let's get the documents right.
  87
  It may never be 'clear' to a boat that the other is not 'keeping clear'.  Combine that with Case 27 and there may be nothing she can do.

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  32  
  87  

  
  So we have Cases 50, 75, 118, 146, 147, 27, 32, 87.
  That's 8.
  
  Two more spaces.  Any takers?
  
  
  Benjamin Harding Today 04:46
• How long is the race committee allowed to change the position of the first windward mark?
  I had this vision of 40 or 50 boats, leader on the lay line, rest stacked up to windward as they do, and suddenly the mark shifts 20 feet, and the first few have to tack in the zone and the rest are still on the lay line... I suppose, thinking rationally, it's no worse than a 10degree shift at the wrong moment, but it really gave me the shivers... Much bigger deal than a start line it seems to me. 
  
  It's an obvious enough option, so I imagine you discussed it in the other topic, but maybe the markbot needs to have a flashing light or something when it thinks it's not on station. Do they use differential GPS? Without it I imagine the thing will do a lot of jogging around. 
  Jim Champ Today 03:28
• NOR adherence to SAS requirements
  The OSR are not listed as rules in RRS Definitions Rule and are not designated by WS as a rule (listed in RRS 6).  They do not automatically apply.  They need to be switched on in NOR 1 with words like 
  
  1.2  The World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations applicable to Category X races apply.
  
  Where X is to number of the Category selected by the OA.
  John Allan Fri 02:01
• Rule 18.3
  Ang thanks I see your scenario does mention Yellow forcing Cyan down below the mark. Agree 11 is broken in that scenario. Thanks for digging up the 2018 reference to 18.3 not ending until the two boats leave the zone. That was an interesting learning. 
  Warren Collier 25-Oct-30 12:41
• What makes on-the-water shouting become "bad manners" or "unsporting"?
  Note in the definition it states “referred to in the rule using the term.”  In other words , Proper Course only exists when a rule uses the term, like RRS 17.  Since RRS 10 & 11 don’t  use the term it fires not apply.
  Proper Course  A course a boat would choose in order to sail the course as quickly as possible in the absence of the other boats referred to in the rule using the term. A boat has no proper coursebefore her starting signal.
  Robert Williams 25-Oct-30 11:39

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