Here's the diagram - I changed it slightly to make the point - animated and static:
These are the facts:Yellow entered the 2 length zone windward and overlapped with Blue on starboard tack. Windward mark was to left to starboard. Blue went head to wind, Yellow had room between the mark and Blue. Yellow changed course abruptly and her stern hit Blue starboard side. There was no damage and Yellow tacked around the mark.
Now here's my question: If Yellow just did a normal tack, you would disqualify Blue for not giving enough room as the outside boat (RRS 18.2(a)), but what if Yellow changed course so abruptly that contact occurred, which would not have happened if Yellow would have tacked normally? Under which rule would or could you disqualify her? Or is Yellow free to do as she pleases?
Please give me your view by using the comments.
Jos
ReplyDeleteInteresting addition to the wording of the facts.
Can yellow do what she wants? No. The rules talk about "room" and the def describe the space for manuvering in a seaman like fashion. Slamming over the tiller is no what I would call seaman like manner.
Robert
But Yellow has no restriction under 16.1, because she is not the r-o-w boat?
ReplyDeleteThat's true. However I think she does have an obligation under rule 15 to give the other boat room to keep clear.
ReplyDeleteIn the situation you describe Yellow didn't give that room. Although Yellow isn't bound to rule 16.1, she remains bound to rule 15.
Sorry Frank, again I must disagree. Yellow is not the right of way boat, she's only entitled to room until she becomes r-o-w boat after pos 5, and that's after the contact has occurred.
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