I'm a little confused by Barry's statement here:



"Where can you put time on the boats behind you?"



What does that have to do with the course? Tactics are a way to put time between you and the next boat. Just by opening up the course, that doesn't give an advantage to any one boat or type of boat. The way to put time between you and your competitor is to sail fast, use the rules and tactics. It doesn't matter which course you are sailing, the object is to get to the finish the fastest.



Unless I'm missing something??



The B mark is a part of NAHCA course sticker. The race where we did have a B mark was an area championship. I was just surprised more people hadn't raced with one. I strongly feel a B mark should be in every race, whether it is on every lap or not. It just adds a little something extra to the race and gets away from strictly upwind or downwind.



Sail safe and fast,



Kip

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