... seems that most people either can't draw (usually self-admitted), or draw something that in no way matches the written description. It's amazing how much different the testimony is as well. All part of the fun of being a judge, I guess!
Absolutely. The hard part of hearing a protest is figuring out what happened on the racecourse. Applying the rules is easy in comparison.
I recall a "facts found" writeup floating around the judges community a while back that began: "two boats, sailing in different regattas on different bodies of water, both on starboard tack and both to leeward, made contact..."
