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The blue boat wasn't allowed to go above head to wind, and so couldn't get around without hitting the mark, so the 360 was due to that.

@@MSCracing-gg3yj Gotchya. Thanks for that.

Not looked at the fixtures for next year yet tbh. We have a few winter events on the agenda so hopefully will have some footage of them soon!

I was in the blue boat, and suspect you have missed the fact that we couldn't get round without going above head to wind. If we had gone above head to wind we would have fouled white, so we took the option to go as high as we could and try and make it round. In doing this we hit the mark, so a 360 was required.

@@MSCracing-gg3yj But you didn't go above head to wind. You can pinch as high as you like as leeward boat and windward must keep clear. This includes room for you to maneuver. You also had mark room. White failed to keep clear and there was contact. The contact forced your bow down, into the mark. Even if you couldn't make the mark, you still have rights, until you go head to wind. You were definitely fouled.

Ha ha oops yes looks like it. Wish I had spotted that so I could edit it out, I didn't realise we had done that!

Yes, Saturday just gone (18th October)

@@MSCracing-gg3yj ah I took a picture of the race towards the end if you want it

They were a long way behind, and got a gust the the lead boat didn't get. That let them close the gap and the lead boat couldn't do anything about it

It's 3410 I think, but this is a mate sailing so I'm not certain!

It's actually me sailing the blue boat. We got a big backer as we got close to the mark, so tried to get round without going above head to wind, but hit the mark in the process

It's an Insta360 One X2

*rocking

Give it a go! As long as you aren't too close to other boats the worse that can happen is that you spin around!

@@MSCracing-gg3yj tried it today since I also tested a new paddle (alternate propulsion when no wind). But the wind was too shifty and I didn't get anything going. Will try another day, thought. This is sooo cool!

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for the tips, certainly something to think about, although the Merlin jib is relatively small so may not have enough of an effect. Yes definitely a few errors on the layline, we wouldn't have had to carry on long to lay, and we could also have identified we weren't laying sooner!

Ha ha, they may have been. It's actually the boat name, so we need to get a sticker made up, as its not on there at the moment!

Hi, it's called a Merlin Rocket, a UK 2 person dinghy.

I think at the moment we only do one a year on boxing day. There are some other pursuit races on during the winter, so I'll see if I can get to one or 2 for you!

Ha ha thanks, it's just a shame that TH-cam ruins the quality - the 360 videos look as good as the others before they are uploaded!

It's an Insta360 X2

Yep

I agree. It’s not much fun being in a much Slower Class and sitting in dirty air the entire first beat.

That would be called a pursuit race where the different boats start at a time after the gun depending on how fast they are. This race is a personal handicap menagerie race :)

​@@BananaPajama We usually have a pursuit race on Sundays at our club. Based on handicap I start about 15 minutes before our Commodore and he still laps me before the 75 minutes are up!

We did used to do pursuit races at the club, but handicap racing (we do average lap racing) gives much better starting practice, so we switched. It's good to have some starting practice if you plan to do events like Salcombe! Agree that it isn't great for slower classes, but equally pursuit races favour slower classes, as the faster boats have to do a lot of overtaking! Class racing is the only fair racing of course!

@@MSCracing-gg3yj For a spectator cramped starts do look good. And the battle around the last couple of drums to the line is exiting to watch when it's tight. Howzabout one or two pursuits a week?

It's captured on an Insta360 X2 attached to the rudder. The stabilisation of the camera makes it look steady compared to the movement of the rudder.

The national championships are on now, but we couldn't make it this year. There are a few open meetings we plan to get too, but no major events really. I'll try and get some footage from any opens we do

Probably worth gaining more experience in something like a Laser first. Once you are confident in the Laser then no reason you can't try a 300, but it will be a steep learning curve.