Salty said:
Perhaps in your home waters they call races for inclement weather. They
don't do
that up my way on the LIS. I often observe and photograph the local
racers since
I'm always out anyway. I remember one race in fairly wild weather... The
wind
and waves were picking up rapidly, and rain was coming down in buckets.
Then it
got bad. One of the boats radioed the commitee boat and advised that
"Lightning
is now hitting the water all around the boats. What do you want to do?." The
committee boat didn't reply for about a minute, and then came back with,
"Okay,
I'm shortening the course".

Sheeesh! Not where I mostly sail- western LIS. If it rains but the wind
remains ok they will stay out, but if it gets real windy or rains hard
they usually call it. While I can't see any reason to call a race for
most weather, lightning still bothers me after nearly getting hit as I
left a boat. The boat's electronics got fried, and another boat had the
hull pierced over a hundred times.

Red