[Alberg30] America's Cup race 4

[C.B. Currier]

Well in the RC's case It usually seems to come up from below?????

To speak in a cryptic (not undersatnding Race Committees) tongue. Or how
they think.


Actually to launch off on a tirade:

I percieve good racing to be a test of both seamanship and boat. When an rc
chooses to postpone due to inclement or uncoroprative wind it shows a
committee which does understand racing but infact chooses to allow only
perfect condition racing to continue on their watch. A sad state of affairs
for sailing.

Being able to test both the ability of a boat and crew to handle both
perfect and imperfect conditions is what presents at the finale, the victor.
If an rc chooses to muck around with the race or to try to adjust the
conditions once racing has commenced, I beleieve is tantamount to cheating.
(race tampering)

It frustrates me to no end when due to shifty or large degree wind shifts,
an rc chair postpones or abandons a race. Whhy not allow the race to
continue and test the ability of the boats to compete and adapt, since the
nature of sailing is to adapt to the conditions to get your boat to hte
finish fastest.

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OK Enough,
C.B. Currier

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:public-list-bounces at alberg30.org]On Behalf Of Mike Lehman
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:47 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Alberg30] America's Cup race 4
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> C.B...need for clarification here...isn't a -2 knot wind actually
> wind from
> the opposite direction?
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>
> Mike Lehman
> "Gilleleje" #505
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Charles B. Currier" <cbcurrier at spinrx.com>
> Reply-To: cbcurrier at spinrx.com,   Alberg 30 public
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> To: <public-list at alberg30.org>
> Subject: Re: [Alberg30] America's Cup race 4
> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 10:06:01 -0500 (EST)
>
> Yest Tis True,
> I believe that most SSA(severn sailing assn) Racing (Dingies) actually
> postpone races once the wind has dropped to -2 knts and the boats can
> progress at -5 knts against the stinkpot's waves.
>
> Ahh I long for that weather at this time of year ... for about the 5
> minutes it takes to defrost. But that sure is some serious baking we can
> do out there.
>
> C.B. Currier
>
> Mike Lehman said:
>  > If we were as picky about wind conditions on the Chesapeake,
> we wouldn't
>  >  have a racing season at all!
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > Mike Lehman
>  > "Gilleleje" #505
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