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Super Opinionated and Always Correct
No, he is not necessarily corrupt. But as soon as he provides any service to his sailors during a regatta, he is providing outside assistance.
Irrelevant. He has provided outside information, and thus outside assistance, to you.
Assistance is provided between races. That assistance is provided to sailors unequally because the coaches are not impartial. We would like sailors to have equal access to assistance during a day on the water. One way to achieve this end is to limit the usage of coach boats.
Do we get to have an evening gown competition too?
None needed. There are no relevant facts that are disputed.
1. Mommy boats exist.
2. Mommy boats provide various assistance to sailors.
3. The assistance is provided on the water.
4. Outside assistance is not allowed.
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JUst to show I also pick on guys who agree with me...
The above "has the tone" intended or not, of placing some or all of the blame for the assistance on the mommy boat.
The mommy boat and its passengers are not currently regulated by the RRS unless the assistance comes between the warning signal and when teh competitor crosses the finish line.
Sometimes, the NOR or the SIs will make rules related to Mommie Boats but when there are no special rules added...Mommie boats have only the the underlined restrictions mentioned above.
It is the competitor who takes the personal outside assistance. It is the competitor who must decide whether taking assistance unavailable to all those with which he is competing is unsportsmanlike, antisocial, or otherwise personally unacceptable behavior.
The current default rule has its benefits. As fellow entrants in a game, we can look at the fleet of mommie boats and discover who is using outside asistance and who is not. We can then decide whether to compete on a even sailing surface with the assisted or the self sufficient.
Usually, I choose to go self sufficient and beat as many assisted as I can. Beating an assisted while playing self sufficient is far more satisfying than beating self sufficient while being helped.
If your goal is to win!! You may need to pay diffferently than if your goal is to experience great competition.
Certainly for some, the only choice is virtually always the "self sufficient " game.
When anyone chooses the "assisted game" it is done with the full knowledge many of those in the game are not playing with equal opportunity.
Sportsmanship to some of us absolutely includes, "It is not whether you win or lose, It is how you play the game."
Therefore our capacity to "enjoy" victory is mitigated by anything we might believe to be "questionable sportsmanship."
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