(from sportkiting.ru)

Well, I’ve at last come back from “Zhigulevskoe More”. It was a festival, really! Beautiful, breathtaking! I did appreciate the party with two bands on the stage, I’m still under the impression! I want more. J

We got used in Togliatti to be filled  with good vibes until the next “ZhigMore”. There’s a sea of nominations and prizes. As usual, nobody left Aleksey Razhev empty-handed. Well, of course there was some mess in the sport part, but this situation is induced, so to say, the consequences of joining SAF of Russia. Here the sportsmen are still in variance. Do we really need it? I don’t know… Suppose we do. It’s rather painful merger. The referees seem to know more than it’s needed to umpire according to Kiting Association of Russia. Sometimes this leads astray, as if they are applying rules we don’t have.
For example, it turned out that I finished incorrectly in the first marathon. Something was told of a “string” rule. In our rules we don’t have such one. Though we have the distance scheme. If following this scheme, I’m really wrong, because I rode into alignment from the wrong side. But a immediately rode back! Also I kited not along the straight dached line of the scheme but tacked. Racers’ opinions differ. But I’d like to know for future if it’s right or not. Shouldn’t we discuss it? Experts on sailing rules, please, don’t use for basis those “not our rules”. Can you be more accessible?