"Jeff" wrote in message
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Poor Booby just shows he knows nothing about racing. I've raced in
hundreds of one design races, and been on race committees for hundreds, if
not thousands more. And I expect Doug has done even more racing than I.

So tell us Bob, if someone has already won the regatta, and the last race
is a throwout, how seriously do you think they take the race? Do you
think he might give the helm to someone else? Let another crew work
foredeck? Do they even bother to start?

Not normally. Apparently Bubbles never noticed how few boats sail the last
race or two of major regattas. Those finishing out of the hardware
generally forego the last race as well.


How about if there are two boats in the lead coming into the last race,
and all of the others are out of it? Do you think that maybe they'll let
the last place boat go off on a flyer the might pay off?

Sorry, booby. The Bene was in last place after 7 races; the fact that the
won the last one doesn't mean squat. Except, of course, that you know
nothing about racing.

Go easy on him, Jeff. He *believes* he bought a race boat.


Max