Curmudgeon II finsihed at 7:51:01 Under Protest

[STuma]

Lil Bit A Sol Here.  Terry attempted to pass to leeward at approx. two boat lengths.  We even said Hi! to those guys.  We did not change course because he was far enough away and we were aiming at marker 1.  I guess he got in our shadow and fell back.  He then attempted to go above us but well within two lateral boat lengths.  I took him up.  Numerous times I might add.  If he passed well above us we would not have changed course because it would have taken us too far from marker 1.  I also question the issue of integrity.  I don't believe yelling F___Bombs at the competition with women on board is very professional.  I was hoping Terry would show up at the social afterwards to discuss this incident for clarification.  We've only been in GBCA since last April.  I believe LUFFING would involve an overlap, which never occurred when he was windward.  I'm always willing to learn and have no desire to iritate anybody.  Additional comments would be welcomed. Thank you.

I did not witness anything, but I can visualize the scenerio... It sounds like "Terry" attempted to be polite and pass to leeward (within talking distance) and coud not because of the wind shadow (if you can talk to the other boat, you'll probably not pass thru their lee)... Terry then fell back and planned on passing to windward within 2 boat lengths...  my understanding of the 'no luffing' rule is there shall be no luffing if a boat is with in 2 boat lengths of another boat... Thing to think about, if the leeward boat comes up quickly to prevent another boar from passing, they could "give" the windward boat their overlap by turning their boat...This is something that can drawn out or discussed so that everyone can have some clarity of the intent and ideas of what to do in the future...


cheers...
Scott