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Anyone seen the case being made out for making the Olympics (and
possibly thereafter RRS Appendix 1) no discards? I thought the 1
discard was meant to cater for gear failure and bad hair days in a way
that would not affect the final result?

Or more probably, being OCS.

The class I used to help run had some championships which were no-
discard. It certainly reduced the number of general recalls, which was
the intention. Some helms said it made it a lottery, because you have to
push it at the start to stand a chance of doing well, and if you were
OCS that was your championship gone. Personally I got my best result in
a no-discard championship and think it rewards consistency, but it does
risk being unfair to someone who has a bad result through no fault of
their own e.g. being fouled by another boat.