Time Limit

[luminary]

If the location is so bereft of wind that neither boat can get around the course in the deed legal time - what happens?

 

[phomchick]

If the location is so bereft of wind that neither boat can get around the course in the deed legal time - what happens?

They will resail the race. And keep resailing until one boat finishes in under seven hours.

 

[alchemist97]

And by then nobody will care who wins.....and the swiss guy either rescues the AC from the US or quietly fades away with no one watching...

 

[luminary]

And by then nobody will care who wins.....and the swiss guy either rescues the AC from the US or quietly fades away with no one watching...

I guess I'm wondering whether EB has chosen (apparently) RAK in the hope that if there is not enough wind, the regatta is a null result and he keeps the Cup and Larry and everybody else (?) have to ask for another go at it - in which case EB wins.

 

[RHough]

From the Si's:

Time Limit: If no yacht finishes the course under the time limit of 7 hours, the defender wins by default. No matter who is ahead when the time limit expires.