"Maxprop" wrote
: When racing a non-standard triangle with a
downwind finish. Easing the
: halyard would place the chute farther forward
and perhaps give a boat an
: edge over the line first if the contest was
tight at the line.


Pony Express wrote:
Doesn't the definition of "finish" include the
phrase "in normal position"?

Yep. Max's trick would only work in the bush leagues.

In some of the really close races of the 1992 America's Cup, the Italian
team 'Il Moro' tried to do this. They gybed right at the line and let
the chute blow forward out of it's normal position. The race committee
wasn't fooled though, they went by the position of the boat's bows.

DSK