I'm not against redress - I think it is important for competitors to be able to make a case that their finish position was made worse through no fault of their own.
Reminds me of a US Nats Tornado race in San Diego two years ago. Hosted by SDYC...With the number of boats departing each morning, there would be a fairly large traffic jam at the ramp. This delay getting the water on one occasion made it impossible for 4 boats to arrive at the starting line in time for the start...took over 40 minutes to sail there from the ramp in the light wind mornings. Most teams had coach boats to tow them out...they were fine. We were one of the 4 stragglers...start occured with us just 100 yards away...other stragglers were up to 10 minutes later.
