"They do not have to touch in order to prove that Blue did not keep clear."
Alan, you are correct. Sadly, unless a camera is rolling the right of way boat has a better chance of proving a foul if there is contact. I was in a port-starboard situation as a kid racing 420s. The port tack boat kept yelling at me to maintain course. I ducked him at the last second to avoid damaging both boats. Fortunately, it was at the finish in front of the RC, and they heard the yelling and saw it happen. Otherwise, I probably would have lost the protest because it was my word against his that a collision would have occurred. Joel 35/3 Annapolis The Office On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:30 PM, Alan Bergen <alan-at-h...@comcast.net>wrote: > Blue was allowed to sail her course until she was the give-way boat. As > soon as she overlapped Camelot, she was the give-way boat, and had to keep > clear. When a give-way boat is so close to a right-of-way boat, such that > the right-of-way boat cannot turn in either direction without immediately > touching the give-way boat, the give-way boat has violated her obligation > to keep clear. They do not have to touch in order to prove that Blue did > not keep clear. See Dave Perry's "Understanding The Racing Rules of > Sailing through 2016, page 96. In addition, the right-of-way boat must > take the appropriate action to avoid hitting the give-way boat, when it > appears that the give-way boat is not going to keep clear, after which she > can protest the give-way boat. > > There is no requirement for either boat to communicate with the other > boat, but it is prudent to do so. If Camelot had called to Blue to head > up, or yelled "leeward boat" or "no room", it might have been enough to > keep the boats from colliding. If Blue couldn't control her direction, she > could have called to Camelot to fall off, that she couldn't steer away, > Camelot might have been able to fall off and avoid the crash. She then > could have protested Blue. Since both boats broke rules of part 2 of the > Racing Rules of Sailing (Blue-Rule 11, Same tack Overlapped; Camelot-Rule > 14, Avoiding Contact), both boats should have been penalized by retiring > from the race (Rule 44.1(b). > > Alan Bergen > C&C 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > http://www.cncphotoalbum.com > CnC-List@cnc-list.com > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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