Remember ...
It is the "CAPTAIN" that makes the call whether to race ...or not ....
So don't look to anyone else to make that decision for you ... it depends on too many factors that only the "Captain" of their own vessel know ....
I have a basic rule ... when my crew is no longer comfortable out "on the water" ... it's time to retire ... no questions ... no recriminations ... it's just time to call it a day ....
And sometimes the Race Committee misses something ... like when a Lightening Bolt came out of the blue sky right in front of us as we rounded "C" mark/gate and started to beat upwind .... w/ that the TheMightyHobie18 Fleet that was running in a pack all turned and headed back to the club which was downwind .... The Race Committee hadn't seen the Lightening Strike .... but the PRO reconized that "something" had happened that caused ALL of us TheMightyHobie18's to "skid-dattle" for the safety of the beach ... he got on the radio ... quickly asked questions .... then the horns began to blow ... the "N" over "H" flags went up ... and the "mark boats" started to take under tow those boats furthest from the beach ... we were done for the day ....
... the Committee Boat w/ the Pro/Race Committee was the last boat to dock at the YC ..... having shepherded the last boats in ....
Harry
H18Mag/P19MX
