Page 71 - Call Book for Team Racing 2017-2020

TR CALL G2

Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks
Rule 11 On the Same Tack, Overlapped

Question

Two boats B and Y are running directly downwind, both on port tack. B, the
leeward boat, gybes onto starboard without changing course, and her boom hits
Y's boom. Y protests. What should the call be?

Y1
B1

Y2
B2

Answer

Penalize Y. Y breaks rule 10.

At position 1 Y is required by rule 11 to keep clear. After B gybes, Y is required
by rule 10 to keep clear. B cannot have broken rule 16.1, because she does not
change her course. As Y has been keep clear boat throughout, rule 15 does not
apply to B. No rule entitles Y to room to keep clear, so rule 21 does not apply.

Section G - The Run