Last night there was an incident at the finish that is worthy of discussion. The facts as described to me were: The wind was approximately 8 knots Yellow was on starboard and Blue was on port approaching the finish line near the middle of the line Approximately 2 lengths from the finish Yellow hails starboard to […]
I have had several comments about boats having trouble with boats that are milling around in the starting area interfering with them as they are trying to finish or have just finished. There are rules that address this. Be aware that if you are not racing and interfere with a boat that is racing, you […]
Facts Found:1. When Blue enters the Zone Green and Yellow are clear astern of Blue.2. When Green enters the Zone she is overlapped to leeward and inside of Yellow.3. At position 1, Blue luffs head to wind to finish and tacks to port to clear the finish mark. Blue stalls and is moving slowly away […]
Yellow and Blue were sailing toward the finish and Yellow was sailing faster and overtaking Blue. At the zone Yellow was clear astern of Blue. At 2 lengths from the mark Yellow became overlapped with Blue and asked for room at the committee boat. Blue hailed protest and sailed on her course until just before […]
