tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post3313040409452467634..comments2024-01-22T09:45:29.790+01:00Comments on Racing Rules of Sailing - Look to Windward: Flowing through 18.1Joshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10346870418220762709noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-18781207882016164612010-03-09T10:22:52.706+01:002010-03-09T10:22:52.706+01:00What if I am approaching a starting mark to start?...What if I am approaching a starting mark to start?<br /><br />Mike BAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-74753195801969483032010-03-08T16:51:07.703+01:002010-03-08T16:51:07.703+01:00Must be getting old, then.
I'd better give my ...Must be getting old, then.<br />I'd better give my pen to a younger judge..Joshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346870418220762709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-73340049668489596752010-03-08T15:04:43.924+01:002010-03-08T15:04:43.924+01:00Thanks for answering my question about 18.1(a) and...Thanks for answering my question about 18.1(a) and 18.1(b) Jos. I get it now.<br /><br />By the way, you also made the mistake of referring to 18.2 when you really meant 18.1 in your earlier post "Looking for 18.1(b) again".Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-73076260778656366682010-03-08T12:19:17.329+01:002010-03-08T12:19:17.329+01:00@Sen, Please take your time.
@Uli, Yes, I see, in...@Sen, Please take your time.<br /><br />@Uli, Yes, I see, in my comment earlier (#2). <br />Sigh, well nobody is perfect...Joshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346870418220762709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-57935063700941633962010-03-08T11:28:07.079+01:002010-03-08T11:28:07.079+01:00Dear Jos,
well done.
But:
18.2(a) is not 18.1(a)
a...Dear Jos,<br />well done.<br />But:<br />18.2(a) is not 18.1(a)<br />and 18.2(b) is not 18.1(b)<br />You some times made this mistake.<br />Kind regards<br />UliAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-53601517376235818002010-03-08T07:34:23.663+01:002010-03-08T07:34:23.663+01:00Dear Jos;
I like flowchart because I used to be a ...Dear Jos;<br />I like flowchart because I used to be a system engineer when I was working. Please give me some time to verify the chart.<br />Hasten to say many thanks.<br />sen yamaokasen yamaokanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-51761515207081068242010-03-08T07:19:07.848+01:002010-03-08T07:19:07.848+01:00@ Tillerman, Thanks, I'll change the typo in t...@ Tillerman, Thanks, I'll change the typo in the final one.<br /><br />As to deleting 18.2(a); I can think of a situation where the starboard boat is below the layline and not yet sure if she can shoot the mark - fetching it - or has to pass head to wind, meeting a port boat.<br />If sb does fetch the mark, 18.2(b) would cover this and switch rule 18 of.<br />If sb does not fetch the mark we have two boats who still have to tack to round the mark and 18.2(b) would not be applicable.<br />That situation would not be resolved until sb is already next to the mark and both boats would not know until then, if one of them has markroom or not.Joshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346870418220762709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-63660802299114020712010-03-07T15:25:14.330+01:002010-03-07T15:25:14.330+01:00Well done. A very useful tool to explain the rule....Well done. A very useful tool to explain the rule.<br /><br />One thing that still puzzles me... would it make any difference if 18.1(a) was deleted? Doesn't the wording in 18.1(b) also apply to two boats on a beat on opposite tacks? <br /><br />By the way, there's one typo - "again" is misspelled in the "do it agian" box.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.com