tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post3539959249394248292..comments2024-01-22T09:45:29.790+01:00Comments on Racing Rules of Sailing - Look to Windward: LTW Readers Q&A | 045;Joshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10346870418220762709noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-17825636340316888612010-09-14T18:23:46.544+02:002010-09-14T18:23:46.544+02:00@ Anon (2)
The next port boat has plenty of time a...@ Anon (2)<br />The next port boat has plenty of time and room to keep clear. She is not allowed to sail on, behind the first.Joshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10346870418220762709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-13977492491545629872010-09-14T17:20:52.048+02:002010-09-14T17:20:52.048+02:00What if there is a long train of port tack boats r...What if there is a long train of port tack boats right behind boat B? What is boat A to do?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9170261917486213112.post-6319781239223171872010-09-02T16:53:40.295+02:002010-09-02T16:53:40.295+02:00Boat B has no obligation to anticipate that boat A...Boat B has no obligation to anticipate that boat A will round the mark this way and has no ‘extra’ obligation to let A sail on a proper course.<br /><br />...nuff said.<br /><br />It may seem odd that A cannot immediately round the mark, but if you take the larger picture that a boat does not have to anticipate another boat's actions, (HOWEVER OBVIOUS IT IS), then the rule makes sense. <br /><br />Another situation where this principle is commonly misunderstood is R13 (While Tacking). If a boat is tacking from port to starboard which will cause a port tack boat to have to keep clear, the port tack boat doesn't have to start giving way until the tacking boat reaches a CHC. Its quite clear what the tacking boat is doing, and the logical assumption would be that she will complete the tack. However the port tack boat doesn't have to anticipate the tacking boat completing the tack. She isn't obligated to even start taking avoiding action until the tacking boat reaches close hauled. Too often a tacking boat hails "Starboard!" when in fact she wont have time to complete the tack AND allow for the port tack boat to keep clear...a pet peeve of mine :-\mikehttp://www.charlestonoceanracing.orgnoreply@blogger.com