Enterprise dinghy racing on the Marine lake in Southport. Wind blowing at about 30-40mph. Increased later to 66mph (force 11)! Related articles by Zemanta Saiboat Dinghy Racing Capsize — Surviving Total Inversion (boatsafetymaintenance.suite101.com)
Category Archives: Racing
ISAF : The Racing Rules of Sailing for 2009-2012 – Amendments Effective 1 January 2010
We have looked at the interpretation of rule 18 in previous posts. Here the ISAF are making changes to avoid dangerous tactics that were resulting from the new rule. Rule 18.2(c) will be changed to prohibit a newly discovered and potentially dangerous tactic that was an unintended consequence of the current wording of this rule….
Want to Race on a VOR70?
You have to be slightly mad. I mean to spend 8 months with no women around, sharing a pillow with 11 other men, sleeping in 4 hour shifts and having to ‘dump’ on a gimbled toilet. Madness! Oh yes, and you are permanently wet from spray or sweat, you’re dirty and the food is pretty…
Can sails be considered ballast?
Short answer is ‘YES’. Move a sail around to give a weight advantage on one side or another and it is ‘moveable ballast’. Clearly a sail that is in use is unlikely to be much use as ‘moveable ballast’ as most of the time the sails will be on the leeward side. So the answer…
Rule 19 – Room to pass an obstruction
Rule 19 is a brand new one and applies when the obstruction is: Not also a mark or ‘continuing’ obstruction ‘Continuing’, including if this is a mark aslo. Part of this new Rule 19 used to be covered in old rule 18, but to be more precise about the difference between room at a mark…
When does the new Rule 18 NOT apply?
When one boat is approaching the mark and one is leaving it. In this situation, even if the boats are within the Zone, the boat leaving the mark does not need to give room to the one approaching the mark. Normal rules of the road apply. If a mark is also a continuing obstruction, Rule…
Rule 18 – when does it apply?
Rule 18 applies when: Boats are near a Mark (racing mark but not any old obstruction) Roundig of the Mark must be from the same side as each other Part of one of the boats must be in the ’3 boat length’ zone from the Mark There are some exceptions which mean rule 18 does…
