Lots of 'zones' here in Qingdao, CHN

Well I am all 'zoned' out. The day has been spent reviewing documents that govern the Olympic Sailing Regatta, and there are rather a lot of them. One term keeps coming up; we have a 'Restricted Zone' - for coach boats to stay out of, we have a 'Coach Boat Zone' - for coach boats to stay in (under certain circumstances), we have an 'Exclusion Zone' - which identified the Field Of Play, FOP, and its five Course Areas (A, B, C, D and E), of course we have the 'Two-Length Zone' - as in the Racing Rules of Sailing, Definitions, and we have 'Medal Zone' - which refers to Olympic competitor who might be considered prospects for the top three places for he event.

According to www.dictionary.com there are five definitions of the term 'zone'. I think the one that applies here is:

zone –noun

any continuous tract or area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining tracts or areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established.

So now you know ..............