<p> The following question was previously posted on the class website and has been considered by the class measurer ahead of posting to CMS. </p> <p>Can a floating Handy Billy be attached to the boom?</p>
No.
The Cape 31 International One Design Class Rules are closed class rules (preambular paragraphs to part II). The World Sailing Equipment Rules of Sailing define closed class rules as (ERS C.2.2): “Class rules where anything not specifically permitted by the class rules is prohibited.”
As a ‘handy billy’ is not specified anywhere in the class rules the presence or use of one on board is prohibited.
Andy Wibroe
International Class Measurer