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archcat said:I haven't seen the new system...but if anyone thinks by changing the scoring system it will get people to watch...
Merrily said:I don't think they are just changing the scoring. Maybe my recollection is wrong, but I think that in the final race there will be no protests allowed. It's settled on the water in the race. In other words, a free-for-all. A sailing smack-down.
So everything that people have worked for over the years to making sailing fair and civilized will be out the window for the pleasure of the viewing masses.
Sorry if I've gotten this wrong.
Merrily
Old Geezer said:My understanding Merrily was that the new format calls for on the water umpires to provide immediate rulings for incidents on the water in the Medal Race. Competitors can still protest each other too. I thought originally the intent was that there would be no protest hearings for the Medal Race but I see that the SIs for the Miami OCR allows for verbal protests from competitors to be decided by the protest committee after the Medal Race (Q2.3 and Q 5.4) though they seem to have speeded up the process by eliminating the need for written protests or written decisions.
OliLaser said:Guess what corks probably gonna have this new system
Sarah B said:The only thing that puzzles me is those fleets where the winner had a massive lead e.g. Yngling - the winner could finish last in the final race, yet still win gold. That isn't so clear to non-sailing bods. A one discard series is quite clear imho.