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A right base join into a left hand circuit is, to my limited knowledge, legal
You said it! Its not legal so you have increased your limited knowledge.
I still don't understand why the plate says due to parachuting, no dead side / overhead joins yet the FI wanted me to join the circuit from the dead side.
To visualise let's assume our airfield has runway orientation of 24 / 06, when 24 is in use, a left hand circuit is required and a right hand circuit when 06 in use. Based on the plates, surely joining right downwind runway 24 is a dead side join and hence illegal?????