Swimming on a live race course
10-01-2018 | 06:36 PM
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From: BLUE BAII FALL,S S.DAKOTA
we had a swimmer on the course in either mentor or Michigan city two years ago .same thing swam from a spectator boat on a dare.
by the way where were the turn boats ? or did I just not see them?
by the way where were the turn boats ? or did I just not see them?
10-01-2018 | 08:29 PM
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10-01-2018 | 08:54 PM
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I would believe you are correct. It was concerning to me watching the whole thing unfold that race control announced shut down the race. It was announced very quickly when the swimmer was spotted great call SBI. What I feel needs some major changes is the race boats kept racing for several more laps after the announcement. What went wrong that the teams didn't stop and come off plane? How is it possible that teams don't understand come off plane and stop for further clarification. I understand SBI doesn't stop races and maybe that led to some confusion. Lets figure it out and use this as a learning lesson please.
10-01-2018 | 09:01 PM
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no tie bar between the drives but there is a very sharp rudder at the end of that tunnel
10-01-2018 | 09:25 PM
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I would believe you are correct. It was concerning to me watching the whole thing unfold that race control announced shut down the race. It was announced very quickly when the swimmer was spotted great call SBI. What I feel needs some major changes is the race boats kept racing for several more laps after the announcement. What went wrong that the teams didn't stop and come off plane? How is it possible that teams don't understand come off plane and stop for further clarification. I understand SBI doesn't stop races and maybe that led to some confusion. Lets figure it out and use this as a learning lesson please.
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10-02-2018 | 09:38 AM
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I have seen many times where a practice session has been ended or a race halted (In St Clair we have freighter traffic) and race control has tried to communicate to the race boats and they have been unresponsive. I doubt they are ignoring race control.... Think about the noise inside of these boats when running at 150+. They probably could not hear race controls request to slow... Again, just my thoughts.
10-02-2018 | 10:14 AM
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This is probably the main reason why the race was ended. I am sure a swimmer on the course didn't make the CG Sec Com happy, not having the boats slow when requested is most likely what led to their decision to end it.
I have seen many times where a practice session has been ended or a race halted (In St Clair we have freighter traffic) and race control has tried to communicate to the race boats and they have been unresponsive. I doubt they are ignoring race control.... Think about the noise inside of these boats when running at 150+. They probably could not hear race controls request to slow... Again, just my thoughts.
I have seen many times where a practice session has been ended or a race halted (In St Clair we have freighter traffic) and race control has tried to communicate to the race boats and they have been unresponsive. I doubt they are ignoring race control.... Think about the noise inside of these boats when running at 150+. They probably could not hear race controls request to slow... Again, just my thoughts.
