Rule 18.3 has been changed in the new RRS 2013-2016;
(duh, otherwise I wouldn't have had to write this)
I'm not quite sure if the chosen language does not have a much greater impact than first assumed;
Was it the intention of the Rulescommittee to change the rules for boats changing tack in the zone?
This is what the rule is now:
18.3 Tacking in the Zone
This is what the rule in 2013-2016 is going to be:
18.3 Tacking in the Zone
The PC find as fact that Purple had completed her tack (was no longer subject to rule 13) when the other boats (Grey and/or Red) changed course.
Is in the new rules (RRS 2013-2016) the Purple boat breaking rule 18.3?
Leave a comment.
J.
(duh, otherwise I wouldn't have had to write this)
I'm not quite sure if the chosen language does not have a much greater impact than first assumed;
Was it the intention of the Rulescommittee to change the rules for boats changing tack in the zone?
This is what the rule is now:
18.3 Tacking in the Zone
If two boats were approaching a mark on opposite tacks and one of them changes tack, and as a result is subject to rule 13 in the zone when the other is fetching the mark, rule 18.2 does not thereafter apply. The boat that changed tack
(a) shall not cause the other boat to sail above close-hauled to avoid contact or prevent
the other boat from passing the mark on the required side, and
(b) shall give mark-room if the other boat becomes overlapped inside her.
This is what the rule in 2013-2016 is going to be:
18.3 Tacking in the Zone
If a boat in the zone passes head to wind and is then on the same tack as a boat that is fetching the mark, rule 18.2 does not thereafter apply between them. The boat that changed tackI have two scenario's for your consideration:
(a) shall not cause the other boat to sail above close-hauled to avoid contact or prevent
the other boat from passing the mark on the required side, and
(b) shall give mark-room if the other boat becomes overlapped inside her.
Situation A |
Situation B |
The PC find as fact that Purple had completed her tack (was no longer subject to rule 13) when the other boats (Grey and/or Red) changed course.
Is in the new rules (RRS 2013-2016) the Purple boat breaking rule 18.3?
Leave a comment.
J.