Talk:Team racing

Historic Talk
See 2012/13 Updates section below for current activity - the comments immediately below have been addressed in recent updates.--Anthony Butler 15:12, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Team Racing is most often sailed on either a "box course"; consisting of 1 beat to windward, 2 reaches and a down wind leg, or a "Digital N" course. I want to address the accuracy of the example given in the 1st section of the article: "If one boat is in 1st place and his team mates are in 5th & 6th... the boat in 1st will have to try and maneouver his vessel in such a way as to hinder the other team's progress to let his team mates overtake them." In some such occasions the 1st place boat may need to engage the opposing team, but until she is sure that her teammates cannot catch up on their own, she generally wants to ensure that she stays in 1st. Trying to compress the race with opponents in 2nd and 3rd is dangerous and what little slowing effect it may have on the boats is not justified by the risk of losing 1st. While the example is an easy way for non-sailors to begin to understand team racing, it is misleading and counter-productive for a sailor who is beginning or trying to improve upon his or her team racing. 24.218.220.28 08:17, 9 December 2006 (UTC)Chris Love

In the 1-5-6 situation, slowing the race is actually a necessity. If the 1 does not do anything, the race is almost certainly lost. He must take a risk in trying to slow the 2 and/or 3 in order to bring the 5-6 up. -Wolfe

2012/13 Updates
I have taken the initiative to clean up this Team racing page: adding historic background; improving readability; removing redundant and overly-complex material and irrelevant photographs; and adding relevant detail to all sections - particularly the history section, explaining the central role of the UK in promoting the sport. The task is now complete as of December 2013.Anthony Butler 10:01, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

Contested deletion Category talk:Yachting races
You should know about this and comment. One of our editors has systematically depopulated it (from this article among many others), and thinks that is a good reason to delete it. 7&amp;6=thirteen (☎) 12:24, 26 April 2015 (UTC)