• What daytime digital displays work at the starting line?
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  Philip Hubbell Sat 18:07
• Course Diagrams
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  Andrew Zangle Sat 01:58
• Material change in RRS 18.3
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  Reinhard Schanda Fri 10:46
• How to substitute recalls with starting penalties in NOR or SI
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  Reinhard Schanda Thu 17:19
• Anyone Designed Rulebook Tabs for the 2025 Quad?
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  Angelo Guarino Wed 01:44

• Rule 28 - Finishing
  Roger .. I think the reason the "string rule" is an analysis that keeps "finish" outside and at the end is that the def: finish has an exclusion case where a boat can correct her "sail the course" error at the line. 
  
  This is also true for "start", since a boat OCS has not started and they have an opportunity to start correctly without regard of "the string" as she returns to the prestart side of the line. 
  
  So it's always an analysis that is the taught line between the end points of when a boat starts and when a boat finishes, but not including those end points. 
  
  Def: Sail the course (a) and (c) independently add the start/finish requirement. 
  Angelo Guarino Yesterday 20:45
• 2025 RRS 18.3 Tacking in the zone
  Having read submissions, followed by rule changes over several years, the impression I get is that the previous practice of there being several in house changes to proposed rules before they are published has gone. Instead the rules seem to be produced on the basis that the changes mean what the submission intends, whereas anyone who writes NOR/SI knows very well that this is more often than not incorrect. The most useful rule book was 2017-2020 before they started making changeable rules into definitions. Anyway - end of rant. 
  
  The definition from the Oxford English Dictionary quoted by Peter Fanta does help dispel part of the issue."to move on in a changed direction". The essence of rounding or passing a mark is for the purpose of "continuing to sail the course". I argue that a boat has to round or pass the mark for the purpose of continuing to sail the course. How that is done depends on various factors at the time but must be on the basis of good seamanship, so may or may not include a need to tack. 
  
  I also argue that the word "and" in the definition Mark-Room has to be interpreted to the effect that the words "to leave it astern" follow and are dependent upon the words "to round or pass the mark on the required side". 
  
  I regard the arguments in the various threads here on rule 18 that a boat  can "pass" a rounding mark & therefore loses mark room as soon as the mark is astern as disingenuous. If the mark has to be rounded to enable the boat to continue to sail the course (i.e onto the next leg), then she remains entitled to mark room until she has rounded it and only then does she leave it astern. It is also disingenuous to operate on the basis that the words "round" & "pass" in this context do not rely on normal sailing usage of the terms "rounding mark" & "passing mark"
  
  However, I regard the definition as inseparable from the over-riding purpose of sailing the course, therefore if a boat delays rounding a rounding mark for any reason, then if that delay is unreasonable for the purpose of continuing to sail the course on the basis of good seamanship, then she loses the right to mark-room, even though other rules will continue to apply.
  Robin Meads Yesterday 19:45
• Course Diagrams
  Very nice, thank you for sharing.
  Stuart Childerley Yesterday 07:57
• What daytime digital displays work at the starting line?
  The system described by Andrew Paterson is exactly what I am looking for, for my sailing club, Norfolk broads yacht club. How can I get hold of your schematic an bill of materials please
  Paul Wren Sun 12:02
• Race course diagrams

  You can cut the slots in the pipes with a skill saw, but I strongly recommend doing this outside. A friend of mine did it in his basement, and years later, he’s still finding bits of plastic clinging to surfaces due to static

  
  I'll second that.  I use furniture grade black PVC pipe from FormuFit and the swarf is everywhere in my shop - even with a good dust removal system.  I use a table saw with a 1/8 in (~4 mm) dado blade that's protected with a wood block that has a hole drilled through the middle and a slot on the bottom for the blade.

  

  
  
  
  Matt Bounds Sat 17:21

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