"Wally" wrote in message
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N1EE wrote:
What do some sailboat racers throw overboard
just before the leeward mark?

Superfluous crew. Speaking of which, our skipper said last night that a
boat
must finish the race with the same number of crew that it started with,
which raised a couple of quesitons...

Does it have to be the same crew - can you, say, swap crew with another
boat
in mid-race?

Can the surplus ones be tipped overboard after the race starts, and picked
up just before the end?


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Interesting. Say you lose a crewmember overboard, and can't locate them. Are
you disqualified?
John Cairns

John Cairns wrote:

Interesting. Say you lose a crewmember overboard, and can't locate
them. Are you disqualified?

RRS 47.2 doesn't answer that, but does clarify my earlier post a little...

No person on board shall intentionally leave, except when ill or injured, or
to help a person or vessel in danger, or to swim. A person leaving the boat
by accident or to swim shall be back on board before the boat continues the
race.


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Wally wrote:
John Cairns wrote:

Interesting. Say you lose a crewmember overboard, and can't locate
them. Are you disqualified?

A
person leaving the boat by accident ... shall be back on board
before the boat continues the race.

I guess it imples disqualification, or that you'd be posted as a DNF.


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