Racing Rules
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SailMaine Lore
Know Your Boat
Skipper, I hardly know her!
100
This rule is most famous for its number and is frequent but usual unpunished.
What is rule 69?
100
This slows your boat down and you also happen to stear with it
What is the rudder?
100
Greevus has had this many coaches.
What is 4?
100
This is the olympic version of the 420.
What is the 470?
100
This person will never sail a 29er ever again because of their 'accident'
Who is Owen?
200
You do not have this if two boats enter the circle without overlap.
What is mark room?
200
Nobody actually knows what these are or how to spell them.
What are twangs? aka twings, barbor haulers, tweakers, twangers, twingers and more
200
This fruit and regatta is most popular with sam scribbner.
What is a cumquat?
200
The only multihull in the olympics.
What is the Nacra 17?
200
This person nearly kitsurfed with a J/22 spinnaker and spin pole
Who is Evelyn?
300
Boat X and Boat Y are approaching the start line to the RC side with overlap. Boat X is to windward and hails for room. Boat Y does not change course forcing boat X to go head to wind to avoid the coach boat. This is called what and this boat should be penalized.
What is barging and who is boat Y.
300
What are the three edges of a sail called
Luff, Leech, and Foot
300
This team burned down the first sail shed way back in the day.
Who is Cape?
300
There are this many teams in SailGP.
What is 12 teams?
300
These skippers almost sunk a 29er
Who is Hunter and Josh?
400
How does a boat determine if they have overlap on the same tack when sailing?
1. Overlap from clear astern or clear ahead
2. Overlap from Leeward
400
What is the front most part of the centerboard trunk where the hiking straps connect to called?
What are the thwarts?
400
This is how Sailmaine chooses their lock codes.
1776 Sail shed, 1876 Gate, 1976 office
400
SailGP recently changes their front foils from this shape to this shape.
What is L shape to T Shaped.
400
This person reads our dear and near book of holy sailing quotes with a forward by this now two time president
Who is captain alex
500
Boat X and boat Y are heading downwind. There is overlap and Boat X is windward. When boat Y gybes there is contact between the booms. This boat should be penalized.
Who is boat X?
500
This is the purchase ratio on the boom vang.
What is 16:1?
500
This is Harrison's last name.
What is Barfield?
500
This boats name over the summer only lasted for 2 days before Michael ordered them to remove it.
What is "Big Deck Energy"?
500
This person is infamous for being responsible for the popularization of this definitely not racist phrase.
Who is Anca?