According to Anna's website :Wavedancer said:Does anyone know what the protest was all about?
49208 said:Seems the way Anna has it worded is that Paige didn't give her room to keep clear. ala 16.1
BRace said:Anna was passing Paige on the reach and she threw in a quick luff. The judges were right there so I don't think there was any question Anna could not have avoided contact.
Gap#1: Sailing to windward in 15knots of breeze and big (?) waves. I’ve found that if the wavelength (not wave height) is almost as long as the boat, heeling the boat just a fraction is better than staying flat and slamming into troughs. Otherwise speed drops very quickly. The boat may not be as well balanced, but the heel helps to ease the boat into the troughs. In a short choppy sea, you can’t tack around wave patterns that don’t have flat patches.So here comes a true Monday Morning Tactician. What could I have done better this past weekend? This seems like a common thread amongst all sailors, and indeed all athletes every time they compete.This will be a little discussion of how I look at the weekend, and the Midwinters in a way that only the [...]
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