Team Race - CALL E 06      

Rule 12 On the Same Tack, Not Overlapped
Rule 18.2(a) Rounding and Passing Marks and Obstructions: Giving Room; Keeping Clear. Overlapped – Basic Rule
Rule 18.2(e) Rounding and Passing Marks and Obstructions: Giving Room; Keeping Clear. Overlap Rights

Question 1
A, approaching a starboard-hand windward mark on port tack, completes a tack within the two-length zone clear ahead of X. After A is on a close-hauled course X bears away to avoid her. X protests. What should the call be?

Answer 1
At position 3 A completes her tack and has not broken rule 13. X is not fetching the mark, and A's tack was not to round the mark, so rule 18.3 does not apply. A becomes clear ahead, and X is required to keep clear. No penalty.

Question 2
A, approaching a starboard-hand windward mark on port, completes a tack within the two-lengths zone inside X. X is on the layline, and does not give A room to round the mark, forcing A to pass the wrong side of the mark. A protests. What should the call be?

Answer 2
Because X is not fetching the mark, rule 18.3 does not apply. When the boats become overlapped, rule 18.2(a) requires X to give A room to pass the mark, provided X is able to give room when the overlap begins. X can give room by bearing away as soon as the overlap is established, but fails to do so. Penalize X.

A boat can fetch a mark if she can round or pass it on the correct side without changing tack, leaving it to leeward.