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Because if you are OCS in a pack of boats it's easy to pick out the one with draft stripes
You would be hard pressed to find an International Measurer that would enforce that, particularly as you are permitted self advertising including graphics on the sail.One reason you don't see them is that they are not permitted under the Fundamental Rule.
They were wrong to do so. Had the German team argued that it was advertising for the German Team / German Sailing Federation, then as long as it does not contravene the Advertising Code, it is legal.Laser Radial Worlds 2006: German boats with draft stripes in national colours: ISTR they had to come off.
Anything that allows your boat to stand out uniquely on the starting line and to be later identified i.e when your sail number becomes visible will assist the race committee to uniquely identify you, even as you cross the finishing line.Ignorant but curious here. Is it that draft stripes cause a boat to stand out and more likely to be seen if committing a penalty?
Anything that allows your boat to stand out uniquely on the starting line and to be later identified i.e when your sail number becomes visible will assist the race committee to uniquely identify you, even as you cross the finishing line.
No, if you by "tells" mean telltails, which are pieces of thread or light cloth taped on a sail to show whether the flow is turbulent or not. The stripes are tapes that go horizontally from luff to leech, to show the horizontal profile of the sail.Are draft stripes the same as "tells"?
If you're over the starting line before the starting signal, you don't want to stand out, no matter what your "status in the race" is (whatever you mean by that).would sailors rather stand out or not or does it depend on their status in the race?