OzOne wrote:
Sure, I've done it myself once or twice

Yep. Me too.

.... BUT, these are supposed to be among the best in
the world with backup teams etc etc
I seriously doubt that it happened in this event.

I'd be kind of surprised too, especially considering that the Olympic
courses are rather limited now.

THe only thing I can see happening along these lines is if, with
multiple course set in the same area, one class headed for another
classes' bouy. But hopefully they'd be easy to distinguish at long distance.

We used to travel to a club in Beaufort SC that had about four courses
set up for the weekend regatta, within about 1m X 2m area. The bouys
were all the same, big inflatable orange tetrahedrons, except for small
letters on one side them. Sometimes the races were like a treasure hunt,
going to all the bouys to see which was the right one. This place has a
lot of current too. Fun!

Fresh Breezes- Doug King