I want to congratulate Colin/Amanda, Pete/Liz, Clay/Lisa for winning team racing worlds too! Great job!
I am in agreement with Colin that the digital N is a cooler course. From my perspective it's one more mark to set traps/team race/have fun on. Humbly submitted, bry On 2/12/09 4:27 PM, "Ken Legler" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Nicely done ICSA, Geoff Becker and our rules committee in particular. > This rule change is extremely easy to find being at the very end of our > Procedural Rules. It is also easy to follow when reading with your > rulebook open to rule 18. > > Regarding the digital N versus the college N course; it is worth > considering but it has its pros and cons. > > Pros: > 1. same as most other team race courses > 2. helps separate last beat from run leg > 3. adds another mark trap opportunity > > Cons: > 1. more work setting and changing for wind shifts in shifty venues > 2. some venues in certain wind directions are not wide enough to have > two good but separate and parallel windward legs, but most are > > The practice course that Colin suggests does work, is easy to set but, > does mix the windward and leeward legs together with multiple fleets. > > Finally, congrats to Colin/Amanda, Pete/Liz, Clay/Lisa for repeating > their win at team racing worlds. You have represented ICSA and your > former college teams well again despite great competition from down > under (and USA 2, GBR, etc.) Former ICSA sailors have now finished > first or second (or both) in every TR worlds since the inaugural event > in 1995. We look forward to hearing from you about how the young Aussie > and Kiwi teams approach the game. > > Ken Legler > > Mitch Brindley wrote: >> >> Please find the link at www.collegesailing.org for the 2009-2012 Procedural >> Rules. Everyone should review these, and if you are a hosting an event you >> need to have a printed copy available. >> >> Also take note of the Class rule 7.5.1 on the last page. ICSA has chosen to >> be proactive concerning the unintended consequences of RRS 18.2c. The >> essence of the problem is that rule 18.2(c) turns off rule 18.2(b) when >> either boat tacks. This allows a boat that is required to give mark-room >> under rule 18.2(b) to get out of that obligation by crossing head to wind, >> and then claim mark room under rule 18.2(a) from boats that are already at >> the mark. In certain scenarios, this would have an outcome that runs counter >> to the general concept of rule 18.2(b), which "locks in" mark-rounding >> obligations early. >> >> It is the feeling of the majority of the US Sailing Racing Rules Committee >> that ISAF will make a correction to the RRS latter this spring. The ICSA >> executive committee did not want college sailing to have to accept what >> could amount to a significant game change in mid-season. ICSA is >> essentially "testing" an experimental rule prior to the expected >> implementation. >> >> I do want to thank the ICSA Rules Committee and Chairman, Geoff Becker for >> their efforts. >> >> >> Mitchell Brindley >> President, ICSA >> 757.683.3387 >> 757.683.6124 fax >> 757.287.1201 mobile >> www.collegesailing.org >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________________________ >> icsa mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa > > ________________________________________________ > icsa mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa ________________________________________________ icsa mailing list [email protected] http://www.collegesailing.org/mailman/?listname=icsa
