It’s regatta day: we’ve been allowed out of the rib and back into a dinghy for the day. It’s light and patchy: we’ve been out-started by our old rival and are chasing them hard.
We’ve a good fleet of RS200’s in the medium handicap fleet at Mudhopper’s Sailing Club, but also some well sailed 2000’s, Finns, and plenty of other slower boats to worry about on handicap.
It is great at the front to have the 200’s pushing each other on but it’s a very reachy course with few clear passing opportunities. Though we feel faster than the leader, it is pretty obvious that they are going to defend any obvious attack.
So how do we give ourselves a chance to get past without us both losing time on the fleet? It’s the classic handicap dilemma.
Split or follow?
At MSC, the strategic priorities
