3.      Rock

a.      There is no such thing as one allowed rock at the start. Most boats in the “Trigger” probably break the rule.

b.      We as judges have to be consistent and only penalise when we have facts not suppositions. As we generally approach from behind at the start, we cannot be sure if the boat accelerates or later slows. We cannot, therefore, penalise. This does allow the “trigger” generally, but if we were looking sideways, not ahead, we could possibly see a breach. Would this be fair, though?

Rule J2.1 (4) descriptions of marks, including starting and finishing marks, stating the order in which marks are to be passed and the side on which each is to be left and identifying all rounding marks (see the definition Sail the Course);

1. Green touches mark 2s and passes it to port .
2. Yellow is the inside right-of-way boat and must gybe at mark 2p to sail her proper course to finish. Yellow sails a few boat lengths past the mark, gybes, rounds the mark and leaves it astern.

• Course A   Start – 1 – 1A – 2p – Finish
• Course B   Start – 1 – 1A – 2s/2p – Finish

• Green does not break a rule.
• Yellow breaks rule 18.4. 

• Green breaks a rule 28.1 and rule 31.
• Yellow does not break a rule.