This is a bit more complicated than it sounds.

I would love to have a ruling on this one from an expert.

I got a DSQ from a race at Gosford Sailing Club and lost points causing a lost championship in the 1990s because after my bow crossed the finish line we motored away. It was a no wind day and our speed was 0.0001 kts. The official at the finish line insisted that the whole boat had to cross the line not just the bow.

Trek said..
I would love to have a ruling on this one from an expert.

I got a DSQ from a race at Gosford Sailing Club and lost points causing a lost championship in the 1990s because after my bow crossed the finish line we motored away. It was a no wind day and our speed was 0.0001 kts. The official at the finish line insisted that the whole boat had to cross the line not just the bow.

thats an interesting one !!!! so , i,m sure the time is taken when the bow crosses the line . .... so ...therefore you are finished .....therefore should be able to motor home .....

Hi Trek

Did they give you a finished signal (horn) as you crossed the line

Regards Don

Trek said..

Donk107 said..
Hi Trek

Did they give you a finished signal (horn) as you crossed the line

Regards Don

No but I think they should have.

Hi Trek

How did they let you know that they had actually finished you

Regards Don

Trek said..

Donk107 said..

Trek said..

Donk107 said..
Hi Trek

Did they give you a finished signal (horn) as you crossed the line

Regards Don

No but I think they should have.

Hi Trek

How did they let you know that they had actually finished you

Regards Don

Our bow crossed the finish line, then I started motor and headed off and the finish line official called out we hadn't finished because the whole boat hadnt crossed the line. I told him rubbish its the bow that counts. Later we got a DSQ (or might have been DNF).

Hi Trek

Looking at the racing rules of sailing you are correct in what you say so i don't see how they could DSQ you

Down here at Port Huon we always give a horn signal as each boat finishes and sometimes it seems to be ages after i think we have crossed the line that the horn goes off (not saying this was the case in your example)

Regards Don

Hi Trek

Just to clarify my earlier comment about the Port Huon finish line

The Race Officals here give the horn when the bow of the boat crosses the line but because i am only seeing one end of the line a lot of the time i think we have crossed before we actually have

Regards Don

DamoB said..
You can still be DSQ'd if you impede a boat say port n starboard on the line [ you on port ] .
Or any boat that is still racing...

Damo

D See you have KA 175, one of the fastest Finns in the world until the new Devoti's.
1979 VANGARD with top tens in the Gold Cup.
Has it still got the piece of inch ply glued to the transom to make it measure by finishing it forward in the measurement jig.
Spent hours Llambo- laying that hull.

lydia said..
You have to "clear the finish line" whatever that means to cease racing but you finish when the first part of the boat touches the line.

My understanding is that "generally" the complete hull must have passed over the line otherwise you have not"cleared the finish line".

You gammy bastards.

I've seen many instances of boats starting their engine before the entire hull is over the line, and would consider it courteous. For example, I've seen a breeze that's died right at the finish, so that literally boats are piling up on the finish line to the extent that there's no room for other finishers unless engines are started. Especially with multiple divisions finishing on the same line, and larger faster boats finishing behind. I recall something about being clear of the finish line referring to instances such as not being at risk of hitting the finish marks... I mean it'd be no good poking your bow through and then drifting onto the pin end mark, or starting your engine to avoid doing so. There was a SA thread on this topic recently. I'll look for it.

Thanks All@Sea,
That summed it up nicely.
SB