Does that mean if a boat is late over the starting line that the next boat has to wait until that boat crosses the line? All is fair in love and war! I gave way to Alexis and let her pass ahead of me and then I crossed the line on time. -----Original Message----- From: gpsbug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gpsbug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Wandling, John Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 12:56 PM To: 'gpsbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' Cc: Jeffrey Schoenberg (j.schoenberg@xxxxxxxxxxx) Subject: [gpsbug] Updated Website - revised rating Folks, Please take a look at www.wandling.net/whiteshoal <http://www.wandling.net/whiteshoal> sometime before next week's race. Has starting times revised for Recovery. Based on a rating change from 232 to 237. I increased her rating a bit because I missed the roller furler and the old sail allowance. This should provide an interesting boat-for-boat race between her and Lady J, which also is rated 237. There is no change in overall standings caused by this change. Since we now have a couple of boats rated the same, though, and more boats, some reminders on starting line etiquette: 1. A boat who is not starting should stay clear of a boat trying to start. In our type of race, this means that you should keep clear of a boat who is starting ahead of you, even if it is only a few seconds. 2. If your starting times are the same, remember that starboard tack boats have rights....and so do leeward boats., and so do boats that are being overtaken. 3. After the start, you must be sailing a "proper course" to the next mark. This is usually not the rhumbline...there is quite a bit of latitude to accommodate tactics and the fact that boats may perform differently on different points of sail. If you are to leeward and someone is trying to pass, you can come up a bit to discourage them, for example, but it is not considered good to "luff" so agressively that you endanger the situation, or (as is more likely) both of you get way off the course. If I am being luffed agressively, I will try to find a path to leeward of the person luffing me. Have fun. See ya on the water. John