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   Ids there anything in the rules preventing the race committee hailed a boat thats scored BFD, or OCS and hasnt gone back at the 1st mark?

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Harry44981! Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 26 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 736	Post Options Post Reply Quote Harry44981! Report Post Quote Reply Topic: OCS Posted: 02 Jan 05 at 9:10pm
	Ids there anything in the rules preventing the race committee hailed a boat thats scored BFD, or OCS and hasnt gone back at the 1st mark?

Stefan Lloyd Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Really should get out more Joined: 03 Aug 04 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1599	Post Options Post Reply Quote Stefan Lloyd Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 05 at 10:59am
	If you mean, can the committee hail a boat that was OCS or black-flagged, yes they can do so at any time. Some keelboat events will read the sail numbers of OCS boats over the VHF. Edited by Stefan Lloyd

Phil eltringham Send Private Message Find Member's Posts Visit Member's Homepage Really should get out more Joined: 16 Mar 04 Location: England/Hitchin Online Status: Offline Posts: 1105	Post Options Post Reply Quote Phil eltringham Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 03 Jan 05 at 3:53pm
	The rules do not require the race committee to hail any numbers, all they have to do is inform the fleet that a boat(s) was over (second gun at start), the onus is on crews to know if they were in the wrong. Race instructions usually say that the committee boat will "do its best to hail all boats that were over at the start", they may send a rib out to tell people that do not sail back or use VHF too but the best way is to simply get your timing right (practice, practice, practice).
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