On Jan 10, 1:51*am, wrote:

Technically, I think you are referring the 2007 Regional Rules. In
2008 the first leg was scored from the point you actually leave the
start cylinder. However, for 2007 you are correct.

I'm puzzled by that. I didn't compete in a Regional in 2008 so I
didn't study the rules. However it was my recollection that, for
regionals, contestants were scored full distance for a start anywhere
in the start cylinder. When I pulled the 2008 regional FAI class
rules from the SSA site to make sure I was using correct assumptions/
terminology for this discussion I found the following:

10.8.6 The distance of the first task leg shall be taken as the
distance from the Start Point to the control fix at the first
turnpoint, minus the Start Radius.

2007 FAI regional rules from SSA web site say

10.8.6 The distance of the first task leg shall be taken as the
distance from the Start Point to the control fix at the first
turnpoint, minus the Start Radius.

The 2007 and 2008 FAI regional rules appear to be the same, so was
"start anywhere" proposed for 2008 regionals but not actually
implemented?

Andy