• Contact with Committee, but not at start or finish
  13 Comments
  James Fraser Yesterday 16:35
• Series scoring with entries that did not sail
  41 Comments
  David Arty Sat 22:05
• Giving mark room
  17 Comments
  Ólafur Bjarnason Sat 20:36
• US Appeal 130 - Interpretations of Mark Room (Hot off the presses!)
  11 Comments
  Angelo Guarino 25-Jun-27 11:31
• Room at halfwind Mark - 3 boat cluster rounding
  4 Comments
  Gijs Vlas 25-Jun-25 11:27

• Contact with Committee, but not at start or finish
  Jim, i recall you're fond of reminding us to look at the definitions
  
  COLREGS Rule 5 General Definitions 
  
   The term “vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre” means a vessel which from the nature of
  her work is restricted in her ability to manoeuvre as required by these Rules and is therefore
  unable to keep out of the way of another vessel. The term “vessels restricted in their ability to
  manoeuvre” shall include but not be limited to:
  (i) a vessel engaged in laying, servicing or picking up a navigation mark, submarine cable
  or pipeline;
  (ii) a vessel engaged in dredging, surveying or underwater operations;
  (iii) a vessel engaged in replenishment or transferring persons, provisions or cargo 
  while underway;
  (iv) a vessel engaged in the launching or recovery of aircraft;
  (v) a vessel engaged in mine clearance operations;
  (vi) a vessel engaged in a towing operation such as severely restricts the towing vessel and
  her tow in their ability to deviate from their course.
  John Allan Yesterday 23:40
• Series scoring with entries that did not sail
  And VHF checks are very inconsiderate to other boats/fleets out on the water.  For smaller fleets, requiring the boats to identify themselves to the committee works well; for bigger fleets, there are effective electronic methods of communication without every boat telling the whole Solent that it is racing.  
  Kirsteen Donaldson Yesterday 15:43
• Giving mark room
  Thanks Angelo,  I agree with your comments.
  Bob Lewis Wed 19:03
• TLE time limit expires
  I've come back to this one as a more recent post has questioned the use of TLE.  I would question the use of time limits at all, unless you plan to run a further race on the same day or are providing safety boat cover.  There are reasons for finishing other than winning the race in question:
  1. Scoring series points: I've twice been scored DNF for completing the course outside the time limit on occasions when the race committee was still present and noted the time, which would have given me 3rd place, so potentially influencing the series result.  I know another boat in an offshore race that won the series having finished at 0330, 8 hours after the previous finisher; if there had been a time limit resulting in him being scored DNF, he would not have won the series.  
  2. Counting the miles as qualification for another event - long distance offshore races frequently require that competitors have completed a specified number of miles in other offshore races to qualify.
  
  Making sure boats are in for any post-race event is not a reason for a time limit, boats can make their own decision about whether to retire and get the beer or stick it out and get the result.  
  I'm not suggesting that the race committee has to stay out and wait, a self-timed (or tracker based) finish time is acceptable for boats that would otherwise be over any time limit, and for offshore races, no safety boat cover is provided and fleet monitoring done by AIS or trackers.  
  Kirsteen Donaldson Wed 16:37
• Some hypotheticals about the new Room to Tack hailing requirement
  Hailing something other than Protest or not hailing quickly enough does not shut down the process entirely. A hearing has to be held to  consider validity and there are several reasons why a protest may be considered valid despite the hail not being correct.
  I ran rule 20 through NotebookLM and the answer was that as the hail broke RRS 20.1 the hailed boat should respond and protest. Then I added the Q&A to the sources, and 'Room to Tack'  became a magic spell that opened up the doors of RRS 20.2.
  More cynical minds might conclude that this is an instance of a dodgy interpretation shoring up a poorly written rule They might think that, I could not possibly comment.
  Gordon Davies Tue 17:23

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