Should Finn Class turn back the clock?

For a one design class, inclusion in the Olympic Games is guaranteed to heighten the level of competition. While many decades ago that may not have impacted how people follow rules, that ship has long sailed.

Getting an edge today means pushing, and if no one is looking, crossing the line, and nowhere is this clearer than with prohibited actions of propulsion. While the Racing Rules of Sailing outline what is permitted, the inability for competitors to limit themselves, and for umpires to regulate the fleet, has led to these rules getting loosened.

For the Finn Class, their rules permit the Race Committee to allow unlimited pumping, rocking, and ooching after the starting signal (except when the boat’s proper course is close-hauled or above) in winds of 10 knots and above…

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