Not usually for me but a little story.

I received a written complaint for my actions to the club commodore.

There was an offshore race, two boats approached for a regular port starboard. When close the starboard crash tacked.

A protest was lodged.

Seemed to me a case 50 and I had this in mind at the hearing.

As chair I asked the boat if he did anything, he replied no, is asked did you hail he said no I was tacking.
There was no flag either.
The pc which contained another ij said the protest was invalid.
The third pc member an ex chair of the class told the boat he did not understand why the judges would not listen to him, hence the complaint.

It gets worse. After closing the hearing, I asked the other boat if he knew he broke a rule but there was no hail. [See previous post] he said he thought he was well clear. So no action.

In the complaint was that I spoke to the other boat but would not hear him. I suppose you cannot win.

I decided that in offshore races, with over 10 kts with the boats slightly separated, it would not be possible to hear a hail. They always say they never heard it. So I just look for the other boat being notified.

Bullseye. H12 hull with an aluminum marconi rig, cuddy cabin deck layout, half wishboom.

Ang, I think asking someone to do something, is probably ok, but the line is crossed when the protest chair starts 'statement taking' writing down what a witness says, taking possession of videos, and seeking out witnesses.

Nice work on the AI summary ;-)

G is plodding along downwind, trailing, setting up for a routine port tack rounding.  She should be set up for a windward drop, maybe with the pole off, in which case she will have no problem gybing back after luffing to keep clear of Y, or maybe she will still have the pole up: if she leaves the pole up too long after the drop, she'll be in trouble.  Dropping the pole quickly and tacking the headsail over the pole requires people to know what and how to do it.  I think that is right on the cusp of 'competent but not expert', but maybe it's a little on the 'very competent' side.

I know this isn't relevant to the question, but I agree with this analysis but take it one step further.  If it was a dipole boat, Blue's pole would be in the process of coming off at position 2.  When Yellow starts the tack, Blue jibes onto starboard and starts dousing the spinnaker on the port side, crosses in front of Yellow, then jibes back.  This sets up a faster rounding (wide to tight) for Blue. I also agree this would need a 'very competent' crew.