8/1/2016 1:31:07 PM
by Andrew Alberti
Barging is a word that does not appear in the rule book, but it is a concept that is recognized by many at the starting line. On any starting line and in particular one where the committee boat is very favoured – for example if there has been a big wind shift to the right – there will be crowd of boats at the committee-boat end of the line. Many of those boats will be trying to start right next to the committee boat, where there may be clearer air and where they are clear to tack to port just after starting. Some of those boats will come from above the layline to the committee boat and would like to squeeze in above the boats to leeward of them. These are the boats we say are barging.
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