[quote=BigWhoop]Actually, ... YES. Not allowed. RRS says you can't wear more than (some number like 22 pounds), all in including wetsuit, boots, underwear, sweater, sponsor's shirt, whatever. And you can't have "moveable ballast". You can have a camelback but it has to be on the boat on centreline and not on your back.
Notes: Sometimes if it's cold at regattas they allow more than 22 pounds since they think you'll want to wear lots of warm clothes. Once upon a time sailors wore jackets made of sweatshirts or wore a vest filled with water bottles to increase weight when hiking. This caused lots of lower back problems, I got a twinge just there, and so it got banned. If I was less lazy I'd look up what the maximum weight is. I've seen a guy standing there in his underwear watching them dunk his sailing stuff and weigh it. He got three tries and made it on the third try, just.[/quote]
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