Page 13 - Call Book for Team Racing 2017-2020

TR CALL A4

Rule 11 On the Same Tack, Overlapped
Rule 16.1 Changing Course
Rule D2.3(g) Penalties Initiated by an Umpire
Definitions Keep Clear

Question

Y and B are small dinghies sailing to windward with a small gap between them.
A squall hits the boats and Y’s crew leans out, touching B’s leeward gunwale
with his body. B protests. What should the call be?

B2

Y2

B1

Y1

Answer

Penalize B under rule 11. Boat Y does not change course. Y’s actions are
consistent with seamanlike sailing in the existing conditions, and B fails to meet
her obligations as keep clear boat.

If Y’s actions are inconsistent with seamanlike sailing in the existing conditions,
and are solely designed to cause contact, penalize Y in accordance with rule
D2.3(g) for a breach of sportsmanship and exonerate B under rule 64.1(a).

(See also World Sailing cases 73 and 74.)

A boat changes course when she changes her compass bearing. Leaning out,
slowing, and heeling the boat are not changing course.

Section A - Definitions and Fundamentals