In this time you have to open and close your hole to protect from poachers.
In my experience, judges look at backing your main as a worse offense than sculling.In any major regatta with good judges you are likely to be flagged for sculling below close hauled. It does happen but you could just as easily let the person in and build a new whole by backing up or making an up move. The good junior can make a 1 or 1.5 BL hole in a good back up and one up move.
Backing a sail isn't illegal in itself. But you have to keep clear of everyone while doing it.In my experience, judges look at backing your main as a worse offense than sculling.
Backing your main will attract judges attention more than sculling. Neither is illegal when done within the rules but in y experience backing your sail is easier to spot for the judges and will attract their attention more than sculling.Emilio,
Please explain your reasoning; as LaLi already pointed out, backwinding your sail is not illegal
I still can't find a rule outside of which backing would be illegal.Backing your main will attract judges attention more than sculling. Neither is illegal when done within the rules but in y experience backing your sail is easier to spot for the judges and will attract their attention more than sculling.
Push the boom at your own peril...
Basically if you backwind your sail you're at fault if anything happens; or even if nothing happens but the windward boat starts yelling at you.
E (who got flagged for backwinding his sail though no contact had occurred and was told by the jury that they really look for that)
You would need to look at the case histories and not the rule book.I still can't find a rule outside of which backing would be illegal.
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Time and distance might work in small fleets but it's very risky in large fleets or crowded lines.
E
The "backing rule", RRS 22.3, says, "A boat moving astern, or sideways to windward, through the water by backing a sail shall keep clear of one that is not." It's not a prohibited action like sculling. (And it doesn't matter on which tack you are, or were.)You would need to look at the case histories and not the rule book.
If in the manoeuvre you start moving backwards, rather than being a starboard tack boat going backwards, you could be considered a port tack boat going downwind with an extremely blunt bow.
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The "backing rule", RRS 22.3, says, "A boat moving astern, or sideways to windward, through the water by backing a sail shall keep clear of one that is not." It's not a prohibited action like sculling. (And it doesn't matter on which tack you are, or were.)
Which specific case(s) are you referring to? I don't see there are any that deal with this rule in the Case Book.
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My bad. To distracted by life at the moment,The "backing rule", RRS 22.3, says, "A boat moving astern, or sideways to windward, through the water by backing a sail shall keep clear of one that is not." It's not a prohibited action like sculling. (And it doesn't matter on which tack you are, or were.)
Which specific case(s) are you referring to? I don't see there are any that deal with this rule in the Case Book.
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