The concept is to have small fleets race in short courses (9-12 mins) with a width boundary (swim lanes-actual swim lane, like in a pool) to force the fleet into many tactical situations and keep them close together. There would be lots of maneuvering, the aspect ratio will need to be tested, visualize that 8-10 tacks are mandatory per beat!
Qualifying is like normal, for example, 3 days of fleet racing. The change comes at the gold/silver fleet split. Instead of gold fleet, the top 24 move on to quarterfinals. (or just the top 12 move on straight to semi finals if there are smaller fleets, like in the Olympics)
We think that a winner takes all final will be palatable to the sailors in this format as the ‘rewards’ for doing well in qualifying and quarterfinals are cashed in by having a second chance to make the finals instead of by having a points lead in the final. This should allow an excellent day of TV coverage with semi finals, repachage and then finals as a line up, just like they do for snowboardcross
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