Re: wave rules question

From: Ed Scott (edscott@best.com-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Wed Apr 10 2002 - 00:26:00 PDT


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Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 00:26:00 -0700
Subject: Re: wave rules question
From: Ed Scott <edscott@best.com-DeleteThis.com>
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on 4/9/02 10:20 PM, Tom von Alten at tva@pobox.com-DeleteThis.com wrote:

> I need a default rule (and some confidence that
> the other guy knows the rule, too) to resolve uncertainty.

Isn't this in a FAQ somewhere? Maybe someone can point to the previous
thread in the archive. I believe the rule is the wave belongs to first one
who catches it. If in doubt or 2 riders A and B on wave at same time as in
Bob's scenario, upwind sailor A gets the wave. Other sailors like B must
stay out of the way or get off the wave. To this end, I personally think
it's OK for sailor B to stay on the wave, only if A doesn't want his space
(like the critical section), but others might disagree. It's pretty funny
what can happen when folks have been jonesin' for awhile and it's a small
day. Can you say party waves?

The shouting or whistling thing is only a courtesy, and merely gives B a
heads-up that he's on your wave in case he's unawares. I do it sometimes
'cause it was suggested by a long-time local and usually works with no hard
feelings. Eye contact usually helps.

Most B's honor the rule 'cause they will be an A at some point, but some
don't. The backside thing for B only works if A is going backside and
doesn't decide to change course all of a sudden (which is quite dangerous),
so it's really best, imho, for B to only share waves when going down the
line and kick out of the wave if B is ever in doubt of A's intentions to
share his wave.

-Ed



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