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If their is any "bull crap," it's only to be found in your comment. 1. I know some ISAF judges and they're all better sailors than you. 2. The rules are designed to make sailing fair and keep the sport interesting. Everyone plays by the same set of rules and the ideas of rules governing...

If you're making zero speed over ground on one tack on a beat to windward, it doesn't matter how fast you're going on the other tack, you'll never get to the windward mark. In order to generate lift over your blades, you need an angle of attack. The boat must be making some leeway in order to...

Re: Monday Morning Tactician (19 Feb 2007) - Room to Tack (Campbell Sailing) I agree with Campbell's analysis. He makes it pretty clear that Bert did everything he needed to do according to the rules, including tacking after the windward boat tacked, and as much as he could have done in the...

I don't agree. I especially don't see how you can say it's "definitely" illegal when you say later in your message that it might be allowed. The basic rule prohibits propelling the boat by means other than wind but there are exceptions to that rule as I pointed out earlier. Roll tacks are legal...

As far as I know there is no way to crack open that type of compass. I use the same one. If I were you, I'd try calling nexus and badgering them into giving you a new one. Probably won't work but it's worth a shot.

I do not think the action you describe constitutes multiple rolls. According to the interpretations, "A roll is a single-cycle athwartship movement of the boat during which the mast goes to leeward and back to windward, or vice versa." You claim that there is a roll to leeward and then a roll...

There's no mention of an onus anywhere in the RRS though it is implied in rule 18. My limited experience with protest committees tells me that, in the absence of an on-the-water judge, they're not going to allow a protest, assuming the parties are not in agreement over the circumstances, without...

Providing that the roll is not repeated and that it does not have the effect of the stroke of a paddle, then I don't think any rule has been broken.

Oh yeah, good call

Why would vang tension make bearing off more difficult?

Not that this hasn't been a productive topic, but most of the responses sort of dodged my question. I didn't ask how to put myself in a good starting position but how to accelerate from stopped when already in a good position. My problem isn't making a lane or defending a good runway, but going...

I often find myself stopped on the line in good position only to be gassed from above or below shortly after the start. When everyone's camped out on the line, what's the best way to accelerate (sail trim, kinetics, etc.)?

So far, 49208's is the only response I really agree with. I would only add that, while dropping the daggerboard does help stop rolling, down too far will cause the boat to "trip" over all that drag, facillitating the death roll. When running in big air, I usually set it about halfway down.