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TR CALL J3

Rule 11 On the Same Tack, Overlapped
Rule 18.2 Giving Mark-Room
Rule 21 Exoneration

Question

B is on a reach clear ahead of Y when she enters the zone of a leeward mark.
B’s course will take her to windward of the mark. She slows, and Y becomes
overlapped to leeward and about ½ boat’s width from her. B now bears away
hard to round the mark. Y reacts promptly, but is unable to give room. Y
protests. What should the call be?

B2 B1

B3

Y2 Y1
Y3

Answer

Penalize Y.

Y must give B room to sail to the mark. At position 2, she fails to do so and
breaks rule 18.2(b).

When B bears away after position 2, she breaks rule 11 (a rule of Section A).
However, her course alteration is consistent with sailing her course to the mark
and, because she is sailing within the mark-room to which she is entitled, B is
exonerated under rule 21.

Section J - The Leeward Mark