• Team scoring under a fleet racing format
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  Matthew Blake Today 04:14
• Two port boats duck a starboard boat
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  Ken Jarrad Sun 20:51
• Time limit in Handicap Racing
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  Martin Fraser 26-Jan-19 20:47
• Three CV's on a long starting line
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  John Standley 26-Jan-19 12:58
• Pondering Rule 3 - Are Race Officers and Organizing Authorities Over-Reaching?
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• Team scoring under a fleet racing format
  In the Gulf Yachting Association, our Offshore Challenge Cup is explicitly a club-versus-club competition. Teams consist of either three or four boats, with club results determined by the best three boats in each race.
  
  

  To avoid ambiguity, our Notice of Race spells this out clearly. The relevant scoring language is below (emphasis added):
  
  

  24 SCORING
  24.1 Places will be determined by handicap correction per NOR 9 (ORR-Ez). Scoring for all classes will be according to the Low Point System of Appendix A, with no races excluded.
  
  24.2 A yacht club’s points for a race shall be the sum of the scores of the best three boats of that club in that race. The yacht club with the lowest total points for all races wins.
  
  24.3 Ties for overall class standings will be broken using Appendix A8. If a tie on corrected time occurs in the last race, the same procedure will be applied to the next-to-last race, and so on until the tie is broken.
  
  24.4 Ties for overall club standings will be broken in favor of the club with the most firsts, seconds, etc., using the club’s best three boats in each race. If a tie still exists, it will be resolved in favor of the club that scored better in the last race in the fastest-rated class in which both clubs had boats entered and scored differently, whether or not those scores counted toward the club total. This changes Appendix A8.
  
  24.5 The long-distance race scores shall be multiplied by 1.5, changing RRS A4.

  John D. Farris Today 12:52
• Mark-Room and Room to Pass an Obstruction who wins.
  David, Glad you enjoyed the Christmas Bonbon!
  
  

  Personally I like Jim's recent summary of "Angelo's interpretation" as it appears to be the fairest interpretation.

  
  We all have a natural inclination to seek a "fair solution." However, as judges we should apply the rules as they are written, rather than substituting our own notions of fairness. Seeking a "fair solution" tends to get you in trouble.
  
  

  Ultimately, the rules alone should be sufficient. Cases may help but they should not be required.

  
  There are 421 Cases and Appeals to explain the rules (136 World Sailing Cases, 79 US Sailing Appeals, 80 Sail Canada Appeals, and 126 RYA Cases). None of which answer to the Christmas Bonbon! 
  Mark Townsend Today 02:57
• Two port boats duck a starboard boat
  We use the term ‘elect to pass’. The leeward right of way boat, in this situation, could choose to pass the obstruction on either side. If she chooses to tack then she must make the call early enough to allow the windward boat to also tack. If she chooses to pass the obstruction by bearing away she is required to do that early enough and with enough space to allow the windward boat to also bear away to clear the obstruction in a seamanlike way.
  Ewan McEwan Yesterday 04:50
• Pondering Rule 3 - Are Race Officers and Organizing Authorities Over-Reaching?
   Gordon Davies Created: Yesterday 13:39 ID: 20402: in my industry sector, in contracts drafting etc, tendency nowadays is to drop the usage of the word 'best' (more use: appropriate or diligently or such like)...such is the legal world today :)
  John Quirk Yesterday 00:53
• Three CV's on a long starting line
  I've also used this mid-line "guide" buoy. On the one hand it works. On the other hand, the less experienced sailors basically get penalized for using the guide, and it backfired the last race after all the coaches finally told their kids: "if you're not out past that buoy, then you're late!"
  Niko Kotsatos Thu 15:35

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