[gpsbug] FW: Rule 28 - the "string" rule
- From: "John" <j.wandling@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'Gpsbug@Freelists. Org '" <gpsbug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 17:16:48 -0400
Steve still had one of the slides from our seminar!
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From: s.butkus1@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:s.butkus1@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 4:53 PM
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Subject: Re: [gpsbug] Rule 28 - the "string" rule
voila!
Thanks,
Steve
---- John <j.wandling@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The finish today caused some conversation among the skippers about how to
> play the finish line on a day like to day.
>
> In order to compensate for the strong ebb, you had to overstand the finish
> line by a bunch. If you did and got lifted after you tacked for it, you
> would end up on the "wrong" side of the line. Temptation is to just let
> your boat drift across from the finish side, then tack and come back across
> the "right" way.
>
> Problem is, you would have violated Rule 28, Sailing the Course. In
> paragraph 28.1, it says, "A boat shall start, leave each mark on the
> required side in the correct order, and finish, so that a string
> representing her wake after starting and until finishing would when drawn
> taut pass each mark on the required side and touch each rounding mark."
>
> If you diagram the scenario above, and pull the string taut, you will see
> that you have not finished yet. What you should do in this situation is to
> reach off, go around the end of the finish line, then finish in the "right"
> direction.
>
> While we don't have a lot of boats, you can see how coming across the finish
> line in the wrong direction could obstruct other boats trying to finish in
> the right direction. So, like a lot of other rules, this is primarily a
> safety rule.
>
> I think everyone got it right, but this is a good thing to file away.
>
> See ya.
>
> John
>
>
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