No. For competitions the distance is calculated to
each nominated turning point and as far as the competiton
is concerned is the set distance. A competitor entering
the beer can is deemed to have reached the turning
point and turned it. To claim a badge you have to enter
the observation sector of the declared turning point,
which is a different animal altogether. I suppose if
you wanted to you could declare seperately a point
nearest to the last TP on the target beer can but you
would still have to enter the observation zone for
this new TP. The distance for the badge claim would
be the distance between the new offset TPs and for
the comp it would still be the original set TPs.

At 02:42 12 March 2004, Mark James Boyd wrote:
In article ,
Denis wrote:
Tim Newport-Peace wrote:

It is however important to remember that the 'observation'
zones for
Competitions and Badges are slightly different, and
if you intend to
claim a badge you need to go a bit further into the
zone.

At least until 1st Oct 2004, where beer can will be
included in the OZ
even for badges or records

I assume that like competitions, distance will be calculated
by
the furthest point into the beer can...right?

Do you have a reference for this? How big is the beer
can?

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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA