Seems really odd that wouldn't be decided in advance and placed into the NOR or SIs, of course I can't find either of those docs online. Were they really unsure of how many competitors they would get?
It's hard to fathom that wouldn't be decided at least before the boats hit the water to start the on-site qualifying, I must be missing something?
Mike
People drop out at the last minute - or just never show up to registration.
It's always been a shifting number, back to the days of provided boat Nationals.
In fact, the event / rotation formal is virtually identical to the way provided boat Nationals were done.
They even named "alternate qualifiers" at the first cut party in case someone dropped out for whatever reason.
Also, if they have a "reduction in boats" (rare, but it does happen), they can adjust the number of qualifiers.
Usually they put a minimum number of qualifiers in the NOR. It's just math.
