Team Race - CALL C 03      

Rule 20.1 Starting Errors
Rule 22.2 Interfering with Another Boat

Question
After the start X is sailing on port tack from the course side of the starting line without having started. Boat A has started correctly and bears away below her proper course onto a collision course with X. X protests.
What should the call be?

Answer
X and A are not on the same leg of the course. Therefore when A bears away below her proper course for no other purpose than to interfere with X, she breaks rule 22.2.
Penalize A.

A boat that, after the starting signal, is sailing towards the pre-start side of the line without having started correctly, is not on the same leg of the course as boats that has started.