I may be wrong, but I believe that in both match and team racing the "proper course" rule is switched off
-- Jonathan Indigo C&C 35III SOUTHPORT CT On Sep 15, 2013, at 12:25, OldSteveH <oldste...@sympatico.ca> wrote: > Agree, the AC racing is really interesting. So many different elements > compared to conventional racing - the foiling and amazing speeds, the short > races (partly due to speed), the hi tech boats. The fact that the wind is > forward even on downwind legs because of the boat speeds. > > But since when is the Emirates turn down legal? > Under normal racing rules they failed to sail their proper course. > But the race committee allowed it and the TV announcers seemed to have no > problem with it (although they talked about it enough ...) > > Americas Cup rule???? Match racing rule??? A rule change I didn't know > about??? > > > Steve Hood > S/V Diamond Girl > C&C 34 > Lions Head ON > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 19:22:13 +0000 (UTC) > From: Chuck S <cscheaf...@comcast.net> > To: cnc-list CNC boat owners <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > Subject: Stus-List americas cup plusses > Message-ID: > > <2030475620.1807201.1379186533669.javamail.r...@sz0179a.westchester.pa.mail. > comcast.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > For me the Americas Cup lost the most apeal when they alowed crews to be > multinationals. > > The Plusses still outweigh the negatives. > Better camera work on the boats, on the water and from helicopters > Better TV coverage, on at a reasonable hour > Better commentating, more knowledgable sailors instead of talking heads > Better graphics to show boat name, speed, etc. > Longer series, with many more races . > > > > > Chuck > Resolute > 1990 C&C 34R > Atlantic City, NJ > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://cnc-list.com/pipermail/cnc-list_cnc-list.com/attachments/20130914/40 > 519a0a/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com _______________________________________________ This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album http://www.cncphotoalbum.com CnC-List@cnc-list.com
