great email blake. i LOVE that quiz!
to echo some of your sentiments, there are a lot of wonderful (and
FREE) aids on the web to become more familiar with the racing rules
of sailing. below are some helpful links:
http://www.collegesailing.org/ICSA-PR.html (these are the college rules)
http://www.sailing.org/RRS2005/RRS2005-2008.pdf (these are the racing
rules of sailing)
http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005/casebook2005.pdf (these are
authoritative interpretations of the rules from ISAF)
http://www.sailing.org/rrs2005/trcallbook2006.pdf (this is the team
race call book from ISAF)
while not free, many people around the world feel dave perry's book
on the rules is an excellent resource:
http://store.ussailing.org/viewItem.asp?
ItemID=71031&UnitCde=1&Desc=Understanding%20the%20Racing%
20Rules&Search=N
if you have a college rules question, asking it on the collegiate
sailing list, i think, can be a helpful way to get an answer from a
lot of people. emailing directly to your ICSA rules committee member
(email addresses available on the college sailing website) is a grand
idea as well (and they can help you find judges for your event too).
respectfully submitted,
bryan mcdonald
icsa rules committee member
us sailing appeals committee member
On Aug 22, 2006, at 2:59 PM, Blake Billman wrote:
All,
There was a discussion among the officers (after a SYC event last
semester) about the racing rules and the need to have better rules
education
for SEISA sailors (especially new sailors). Rules education has
always been
difficult for teaching sailing to all ages, but it is necessary for
all
racing sailors (not just skippers) to know the rules of the road. The
following are some education aids that teams should review with their
sailors before the season starts.
This link is to the US Sailing basic rules education courses. Look
under
Racing Rules Introduction.
http://www.sailingcourse.com/
This link is to the basic requirements to pass the US Sailing small
boat
course. It includes great stuff for teaching new sailors; boats,
weather,
maneuvers, knots etc....
http://www.smallboat.sailingcourse.com/
The following is a much more advanced Racing Rules test from David
Dellenbaugh's excellent Speed and Smarts series. This test is
pretty hard
and should cause some discussion among the better sailors on a team
and a
bit of confusion among the newer sailors. The test requires a bit of
conceptualization of the situations in your head. So it might be
good to
get out a chalkboard and do the whole test as a group, running
through each
situation and discussing the outcome. (**requires PDF reader**)
Quiz:
http://speedandsmarts.com/Rules_Test/87_Rules_IQ_Test.pdf
Answers:
http://speedandsmarts.com/Rules_Test/88_Rules_IQ_Test_Answers.pdf
Each team should have a rule book in their regatta bag. I'd take
the bet
that most teams don't have one (though many individual skippers
probably
do).
Cheers,
Blake Billman
SEISA Scheduling
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