I'm saying this chiefly from the perspective of limiting one's liability as a Race Committee, and also limiting one's personal liability as a race skipper if things go sideways.
YRA of Northern California has had this rule in the San Francisco Bay for a number of years and I haven't encountered...
If you have a problem wearing a PFD, then get a better PFD. Or, you have a death wish, so don't wear one, and then let someone in your fleet protest you if the SIs require it.
To me, racing without a PFD is like going backcountry skiing without an axe and a beacon. Yeah, 99% of the time you...
Condolences to the fellow racers who were lost in this storm. Very sad.
If I were on one of the area RCs (or maybe they even have a multi-club Yacht Racing Assoc. as we do in many places), I would make the following changes pronto:
1. For all area races, either as standing association rules or...