-> On 09-01-96  02:07, Jackson Harding got back to Richard Wheet 
 JH> I have yet to find a club anywhere where protesting against other
 JH> competitors who do not protest against each other at club level is seen
 JH> as aything other than churlish.  At state, national and international
It's happened here maybe once or twice...  Then too, there were a 
couple of sailors that have attempted to use the Protest Room to 
win races for themselves.  It's one thing when there has been a 
clear violation, but they were a bit much.  Fortunately, one 
have them has mellowed out and the other doesn't have his own 
boat to command anymore!  
 JH> Then again we all know that Americans went to any lengths, in or out
 JH> of the rules, to keep the America's Cup.
If you are talking about the catamaran vs the monster mono-hull, 
that was quite embarassing, to say the least.  Then, too, most 
of the Cup history has been in forming lopsided rules.  It's nice 
to see things being playing on a more even playing field.  
However, do look at it this way:  It brought a lot of publicity to 
the sport and had sparked a big interest in racing.  Hopefully, 
it will be the fairness of the sport that will win out, not the 
wild dash to the Protest Room at the end of every race.  
... Yawls are meant to be sailed in southern waters.
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