Sure, I've done it myself once or twice

Yep. Me too.


OzOne wrote:
And I always thought I was the only idiot :-)

Oh no, the "idiots" are the ones following you to the wrong mark!


Won a few races on protest after I was the only boat that actually
went the right way though :-)

Never been there, although I have been among a handful of boats thrown
out of a race for partially completing the course the wrong way, then
completing it the right way.

Huh? I didn't understand it then and don't now... other than as a
blatant cheat to make sure the home team ended up winning.


Oh yeah.
On Botany Bay there are a whole bunch of clubs that sail.
All use similar bouys and confusion is de rigeur :-)

What's really FUN is when you get a bunch of spinnaker boats
power-reaching for the wrong mark, right through the Opti races!

"Hey! Did you hear that? Sounded like a thump...."



Fresh Breezes- Doug King