Hi All-
Our first race of the season is tomorrow, looks like it'll be a miserable drifter... a rules question, since I don't have a whisker pole yet (or a chute for that matter)…
I've studies the RRS, and the Casebook, and the US Prescriptions, solicited opinions from "famous" racers, and at least one former National Judge (who specialized in RC racing) in Canada, all with conflicting opinions... no one seems to have more weight than any other...
RRS 50.3 says "No sail shall be sheeted over or through an outrigger..." 50.2 exempts Spinnaker and Whisker poles from this prohibition. Case 4 says a competitor may hold a sheet outboard. So...
Would a competitor, using a boat-hook to hold the sheet and/or clew of a genoa outboard be in compliance? While it's a "device so placed that it could exert outward pressure... outside the hull or deck," as stated in 50.3a, the sail is not "sheeted over or through...," (also from 50.3a)…
???
Our first race of the season is tomorrow, looks like it'll be a miserable drifter... a rules question, since I don't have a whisker pole yet (or a chute for that matter)…
I've studies the RRS, and the Casebook, and the US Prescriptions, solicited opinions from "famous" racers, and at least one former National Judge (who specialized in RC racing) in Canada, all with conflicting opinions... no one seems to have more weight than any other...
RRS 50.3 says "No sail shall be sheeted over or through an outrigger..." 50.2 exempts Spinnaker and Whisker poles from this prohibition. Case 4 says a competitor may hold a sheet outboard. So...
Would a competitor, using a boat-hook to hold the sheet and/or clew of a genoa outboard be in compliance? While it's a "device so placed that it could exert outward pressure... outside the hull or deck," as stated in 50.3a, the sail is not "sheeted over or through...," (also from 50.3a)…
???