In my club, it's accepted that if a mark is missing, boats make every attempt to turn at the stated location of the mark. We have a couple of permanent club-maintained race marks that are well offshore (miles). They disappear every few years. We usually don't know it until we discover it during a race. In that case, boats turn at the plotted location.
Except for dinghy races, all our marks are located at plotted and publicized positions. Rule 34 is fairly moot on a mark missing during a race. Conduct for missing marks and the location of marks should be stated in the sailing instructions for the race/regatta. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Thu, Mar 5, 2020 at 4:13 PM Edd Schillay via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Listers, > > As you all know, this past summer, I relocated my home, office and the > Enterprise from City Island to the Suncoast of Florida — and I’m getting > involved in the race management over here, which has been terribly lazy. > > One of the big issues we face is lack of resources. Marks are dropped in > the water a day or two in advance of a regatta and then are either cut > loose, vandalized or have broken free by the time a race is actually run. > And there is no chase boat usually available to either drop a new mark or > put up an M flag to act as one. > > Someone brought up the idea of a virtual mark in case a mark is missing, > which is a new concept to me. I was thinking of language in the SIs that > say something along the lines of “If a mark is missing or has moved more > than 300 feet from its stated latitude/longitude position, and the race > committee is unable to replace it, then the mark shall be the stated > latitude/longitude position.” > > Basically, the thought is, especially since this happens now and again, > not to have to cancel a regatta because a mark has disappeared. > > Has anyone ever used “virtual marks”? Does anyone object to the practice? > If so, why? > > Appreciate anyone’s input. Even Risch’s. > > All the best, > > Edd > > > Edd M. Schillay > Captain of the Starship Enterprise > C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B > Venice Yacht Club | Venice Island, FL > > Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log <http://enterpriseb.blogspot.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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