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Originally Posted by Jon Fuller
Quite!!
I felt for you in Plymouth when you said "I've broken my driver and he wants to quit".
Would have been nice if he'd said, "I can't go on, can you find someone else to run with you".
As far as penalties go, my personal opinion is, there was far too much dishing out of this stuff (across the board) and it really isn't in the spirit of this kind of event. Also, the OOD lied to me, was totaly unhelpful and I got the impression he just wanted an easy time and our issue was too much agg. A miserable old sod. ho hum. I'm always sadened when the sport becomes a game of chess tween officials and competitors with one trying to outsmart the other, rather than an offshore race. Communication would make a world of difference.
Stewart said it was his last OOD-ship, never mind.
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IMHO I think some teams had lawyers on board -
Stewart is an old fashioned ex-racer / OOD and had no idea of the weird protests that would happen.
Had FB got his boat together he wanted 2 hours cut off his overall time for hitting the submarine barrier!
Thank goodness we didn't have that protest.
JF's team raced the race, treated it with the right attitude and spirit.
Perhaps when the nights draw in I will post my thoughts on other teams.