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  • Definition of Tack vs Rule 11. Comments?
    Al, not sure the 2nd or 3rd bullet are correct. 

    • Rule 14.a: If reasonably possible, a boat shall avoid contact with another boat
    • Rule 16.1: When a right-of-way boat changes course, she shall give the other boat room to keep clear. 
    • Per definitions, both boats are windward boats, so per Rule 11, both boats need to keep clear of each other. 

    The definition Leeward Windward says "When two boats on the same tack overlap, the one on the leeward side of the other is the leeward boat. The other is the windward boat." As neither boat is on the leeward side of the other, there is no leeward boat, so there cannot be a windward boat. Rule 11 does not require either boat to keep clear of the other boat. Which means rules 15, 16, and 17 of Section B which limit the actions of a right-of-way boat do not apply.

    • Rule 14.a: If reasonably possible, a boat shall avoid contact with another boat.
    • If there is contact Rule 43.1(c) does not apply as neither boat is the right-of-way boat, or one sailing within the room or mark-room to which she is entitled.
    Today 14:51
  • Rule 10: No Collision
    That's a bit of a stretch, Angelo. The situation you cite is an unsportsmanlike attempt to deceive another boat about who has rights. It could happen with many other terms associated with Part 2 rules. 
    What I was trying to say is that a hail of "starboard" does not have a precise meaning in the Rules that would answer Robert's question. It conveys only the information in my next two sentences. Whether someone has hailed that falsely is another matter altogether.
    Today 14:30
  • What is Tacking?
    A first step would be to rewrite MR N6 to eliminate the irrelevant, to the call, definition of a tack.
    Today 10:45
  • Mark Room at Downwind Finish, Rules 10 v 18
    There is an argument that at position 2, B could have and therefore should have gybed which means A would have to as well. That might exonerate C for its later infringement

    Can you expand on this?
    Mon 17:41
  • Foiling with Rule 42
    John, I am glad that the WASZP rules are working in practice.  I think that the wingfoils will go a different direction, with little or no limitations, at least in part because they are always in the standing position.  I think that should be up to the fleet decide and adopt in their class rules so we shall see as the class matures.
    Sun 01:08
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