Sailing Rules 2009 7 Mar 2009

Did you brush up your Rules recently? Many Members did and kept John Duerr, the Rules Guru, busy all day. Several helms and crews looked thoughtful over lunch as they consulted their information sheets and one or two even returned to repeat the ession to make sure they had got it right.

CONVERSATIONS

Question “What did you think of John’s talk?”

Simon Griffin: “Thought it was good. He definitely took the commonsense approach.”

Ian Gray:“Very informative but I reckon Rule 18 will be misunderstood by the majority of Burnham Yachtsmen! The interpretation of Rule 19 will also cause trouble. We might need the Protest Committees standing by…”

Question: “Can you see anyone else from the Dragons I can ask?”

Katherine Becker: “Do Dragons do Rules?…”

To help you get the most out of John’s visit, he has kindly made the content of his talk available for you to download and study at leisure. Click the link on the right. You will need the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer to view this presentation. You’ll find a link to this (free software) on the right as well…