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May Newsletter Quiz

  • May 06, 2026 11:42 PM
    Message # 13629082
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Question:

    In eight knots of wind and no current, two boats, LO and WI, are approaching the race committee boat on starboard tack with two minutes and thirty seconds remaining before the starting signal. LO is aiming to pass to leeward of the race committee boat. When a length away from the race committee boat, WI hails, “Room!” and LO replies, “No Way!” WI holds her course and LO bears away to avoid contact and hails “Protest!”

     

    You are on the protest committee; how would you decide this?

     


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  • June 04, 2026 2:37 AM
    Reply # 13639238 on 13629082
    Anonymous member (Administrator)

    Answer -

    Disallow P’s protest. Because the boats are on opposite tacks, P is required to keep clear of S under rule 10, On Opposite Tacks. Though the boats are in the zone of the windward mark, rule 18, Mark-Room, does not apply because the boats are on opposite tacks on a beat to windward (see rule 18.1(a)(1), When Rule 18 Applies) and because the proper course for S but not P is to tack (see rule 18.1(a)(2)). No rule requires S to sail her proper course in this situation. (See World Sailing Case 9.)

    Last modified: June 04, 2026 2:37 AM | Anonymous member (Administrator)



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