" cutting a corner " That's troublesome.
While we're on the subject of rules in this race - how would you feel about a drifter finish where one of the boats you're working hard to beat and are neck and neck with makes a left turn into the surf 100 yards shy of the finish line and has their ground crew run them north to the finish line and beats you by 5 to 8 minutes?
What are the rules on outside assitance? If they state that you must use the RRS, walking the boat along at all is not allowed. Perhaps the rules need tighting for next time. Perhaps GC's are only allowed to help within the bounds of the finish line? And you must SAIL when you are not within the bounds of the line (allowing you to pull the boat across if the wind is light, but not walk the boat a mile along the surf line instead of sailing).
Sounds like some tighening up may be required.
As for Mischa, sounds like he fesssed up and got a hit for it. I suppose tyhe question is was it enough or too much?
