Port Tacking the Feet.

[Prof Anthrax]

     My racing experience is on a Lindenberg 22 , E ticket. 

Skipper loved to port tack the fleet on starts. Other skippers yelling " starboard, starboard "!!!!

Ducking the ones he had to, crossing the ones he had beat. It made for an awesome few minutes before settling in for the distance. 

   Sometimes, at mark roundings he would yell fake rules to others, just to get the inside. 

So. Bad Skipper. Or was he just getting it done?

 

[ChiGuy]

Port tacking the fleet is great when you do it cleanly.

Yelling fake rules, not so. That could be a rule 2 violation.

 

[~HHN92~]

When so many are doing the starboard tack, committee boat automatic start the port tack can work wonders. In a more competitive fleet, not so much. Someone will take you out.

 

[Guest]

best done with someone elses boat

 

[Alcatraz5768]

fine if hes a ninja, if not then its prolly a bit dumb. Fake rules would get him t boned in some fleets around here.

 

[Cal20sailor]

If the line is so offset that you can barely run it on starboard, the port tack start can pay huge dividends.  Did it a regatta many years ago in breeze and only because I wasn't sure I could lay the line on starboard.  Cleared the fleet (including Olympic Gold) and was probably the lead boat for the first two minutes.  In a case like I described, it's a  function of how many boats and whether you anticipate finding a hole if someone is at the pin on starboard.  Barge on port while they are luffing to clear the line and you should be able to get 

I was fully willing to dip the entire fleet but it was clear with 30s to go that would not be an issue (I was barging on port at 11kts).

 

[The Q]

I did a laser nationals, 99% of boats falling over themselves trying to get the perfect position on the starboard end. I started port end with a couple of others and was 3rd at the first mark just giving way to the first two.  Second race there were a lot more down at the port end...

I've also done it at the Yeoman Nationals where they had a very long start line, So we sailed up the line on port, with the early boats sailing down the line, they were shouting starboard long before I got anywhere near them, and tacked to cross just before they reached us. Again we were very high up in the fleet at the first mark.

 

[LB 15]

A couple of days ago I port tacked the entire fleet. Margo Robbie was on one of the other boats and she was so impressed that she jumped from the bow of WOXI on to the stern of my boat as we crossed and spent the rest of the race licking my balls and blowing me.

Hey this telling bullshit stories is fun!

 

[Guest]

do you have any other kind of story?

My experience with port tacking the fleet is  a poor line  or a huge left shift or you just fucked up and ended up on port. 

 

[jack_sparrow]

I port tacked the entire fleet. Margo Robbie ...spent the rest of the race licking my balls and blowing me.

I got to this bit and thought to myself .."pigs arse LB....her mouth isn't that big."

 

[random]

     My racing experience is on a Lindenberg 22 , E ticket. 

Skipper loved to port tack the fleet on starts. Other skippers yelling " starboard, starboard "!!!!

Ducking the ones he had to, crossing the ones he had beat. It made for an awesome few minutes before settling in for the distance. 

   Sometimes, at mark roundings he would yell fake rules to others, just to get the inside. 

So. Bad Skipper. Or was he just getting it done?

If you have to ask the question, you probably won't understand the answer.

 

[LB 15]

do you have any other kind of story?

My experience with port tacking the fleet is  a poor line  or a huge left shift or you just fucked up and ended up on port. 

If you admit to having to duck one boat, I will pull one of my nuts out of Margo's mouth.

 

[LB 15]

If you have to ask the question, you probably won't understand the answer.

Why did George Bush bring down the twin towers?

 

[Mid]

Why did George Bush bring down the twin towers?

back away from the keyboard , you're in SA not PA ...............

 

[jack_sparrow]

Why did George Bush bring down the twin towers?

Randumb's theory is it was his presence in the foyer listening to muslim music on his IPod.

 

[AWASP]

Just like the Port lay at the top mark - Helmets on lads ..... 

 

[Dave S]

I remember an Int 14 Supercup regatta once, where we started most races on port, ducking the fleet. Nice lift off the back of all the other boats, first onto the layline, and when they started tacking over, none was far enough ahead to cross us, so they had to duck. We led round the windward mark in most races, until people started cottoning on and copying us.

Caveat: Only worked because it was a small fleet, everyone was on their game so we didn't have to duck any stragglers, and the course was short enough for shifts not to be a big factor. A bit like trying to cross the fleet on port, it worked best when we were the only boat trying to do it!

To answer the OP's other point: calling out fake rules gets no respect from me. Win the race by sailing better than than the opposition.

 

[random]

Fake rules only work for against sailors who do not know the rules

 

[SCANAS]

If you admit to having to duck one boat, I will pull one of my nuts out of Margo's mouth.

Glad to see your standards have improved. All your talk about Kristy Hinze was getting a bit weird.