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Posted by
warwick
on Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 12:13 PM
Dear Sir,
We are apparently in the wrong about the sail in that it did not measure according to the rules. I personally do not agree (that we gained anything) with this, as it would have not made us any faster. Just as Paul Cayard stated in the Yachting magazine, they might have brushed against the guard boat at the start of the third race of the recent SAP 505 Worlds, but did they interfere with the end result of the regatta? They went into a redress hearing and were reinstated into the race.
Our batten was 25mm too high, we did not have any more sail area than anyone else, if anything it was to our disadvantage. We wanted to have the sail measured twice before the event and on both occasions the measurer did not have his measurement equipment with him. I will put this forward as a prerequisite for all measurers to have their measuring equipment with them at every event so that something like this, that could be avoided never happens again!
The class rules state certain measurements of the sail but are subject to interpretation. As Paul Cayard said they brushed the guard boat, which still puts them in the wrong and hence they withdrew from the race. Our sail did not conform to the 505 measurements and therefore we officially withdraw from the regatta out of good sportsmanship.
Regards,
Peter Funke
South African 505 Class President
Following this reply, the results of the van Nimwegen regatta were amended to reflect the retirement of RSA 8481. The ammended results can be found in the results section.
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