Capt. Rob wrote:

You sure looked like an idiot
insisting it was the "most important" race!



Now, Jeff...I'm sure you're not a liar and will post a link to where I
said it was the most important race.


You actually said: "Winning the last race seems to be important with
racers for some reason."

I simply said that I don't know
anyone who throws a race or takes it lightly. If they're at the start
they want to finish first. Always. I guess the racers I know are just
more competitive.


Right Bob. It looks like you really don't know any racers.

Serious racers want to win regattas. Individual races are not so
important. When there's a throw-away or the outcome is already
determined they often don't bother. In the case you presented, the
three leaders were fighting it out, ignoring the last place Bene, who
took a meaningless first place. The fact the you don't understand
this ranks you as a newbie, and a pretty stupid one at that.

Here's another regatta with the same 35s5 Mistral, with the same
skipper. Look in PHRF 8: Mistral had a few good races, but most were
in the bottom of the fleet. You'll notice that this time, they punted
on the final race. In fact, more than half of the fleet didn't bother
to start the last race. Even more wouldn't have bothered, except
that their divisions were contested. I guess that means the Key West
Race Week doesn't attract real racers.

http://www.premiere-racing.com/keywe...2003_RDiv4.htm


RB - who knows nothing about racing
35s5
NY