Facts of the Scenario:At 3 boat lengths Yellow is overlapped with Blue. Blue is sailing on a course toward the mark. She continues on this course until she reaches 2 boat lengths and then turns down to give room to Yellow at the mark. At position 3 Yellow turns down to sail to the mark […]
I am going to post a series of Rule 18 Scenarios to highlight some of the issues to think about at the leeward mark. There are no cases published yet, so we will need to rely on what we have been told by Dick Rose at the seminar and the paper he has published for […]
I posted this quiz to highlight a change in the rules. If you were not aware 17.2 is deleted in the new rules. This rule didn’t allow yellow to sail below her proper course. Therefore, under the old rules at both position 2 and position 5 yellow would have broken old rule 17.2. As I […]
We all have to remember that although they haven’t defined continuing obstruction, they have defined what it is not, “a vessel underway including a boat racing is never a continuing obstruction”. This has changed a few things in the rules and some of the cases and appeals will need to be updated for this change. […]
This is a typical situation. Let’s see how the new rules apply and if there are any game changers. There is one additional question I would like to add. 7. At position 3 who has right of way White or Blue? If you got your new rule book you will have noticed that there are […]
This was an interesting question because of the part that said that Yellow admitted to breaking the rules purposely to help her position. This is a clear violaton of Rule 2, Fair Sailing. Also, as Dave pointed out Rule 41.1(b) is pretty clear that if you break a rule and it gives you an advantage, then […]
