On Tue, 25 May 2004 15:45:41 +0100, Stefan wrote:

In article ,
says...


Anyone seen the case being made out for making the Olympics (and
possibly thereafter RRS Appendix 1) no discards? I thought the 1
discard was meant to cater for gear failure and bad hair days in a way
that would not affect the final result?



The case is that they want to be sure everybody - including the winner
- sails in the last race in the Olympics. It looks bad if the TV
cameras show up for the last race and the winning boat is on the
beach. Not a reason that would make any sense in most regattas.