Thursday, July 21, 2011

STARBOARD!

Photo of sailing action at Cabarete shamelessly stolen
 without permission from Mj Barshi's Facebook page.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Presumanly your point is that this is just another example of that all encompassing value for money represented by a well made laser sail?

Poesje

Tillerman said...

Well said Poesje. I did indeed notice that Mr. Barshi's sail (I think it's him) does appear to be a little tired.

But no, that wasn't really my point. I was really wondering how the Racing Rules of Sailing (or even the COLREGs) applied in this situation of a kitesurfer crossing a starboard tack Laser. Can we even work out what tack the kitesurfer is on? Is he windward or leeward?

This is not a trivial issue when sailing at Cabarete!

Anonymous said...

Don't think a Laser sail would be tested this way, but a coworker who races catamaran was crewing for someone, and the someone let a hull lift too far and my coworker fell thru the main.

Steve in Baltimore

bonnie said...

Cripes!

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