Hello Richard!
Thursday August 29 1996, Richard Wheet writes to Jackson Harding:
 >> They can maintain it till their blue in the face, everyone who knows the
 >> rules is aware of it but it still does nothing for your popularity
 >> amongst your peers.
 RW> I was taught that in sailboat racing, the rules are to be followed.... 
t
 RW> is a self-policing document.... and if one is aware they are violating a
 RW> rule, then it defeats the entire concept.... if your peers look down on
 RW> you for following the same rules they have agreed to abide by, it may be
 RW> time to find a club which respects the rules....
I have yet to find a club anywhere where protesting against other competitors 
who do not protest against each other at club level is seen as aything other 
than churlish.  At state, national and international championships, yes I've 
seen it done, I've even done it myself at the national level.
Then again we all know that Americans went to any lengths, in or out of the 
rules, to keep the America's Cup.
Bye for now,
          Jackson
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