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TR CALL K2

Rule 20 Room to Tack at an Obstruction

Question

Y and B are overlapped and beating on port tack towards the committee boat at
the starboard end of the finishing line.

B can fetch the committee boat but Y, the leeward boat, cannot. Y sails up to
this boat and hails for room to tack. B does not respond. Y hails a second time,
luffs and passes head to wind, whereupon B tacks and protests. What should the
call be?

Y4
B4

B3
Y3

Y2
B2

Y1

B1

Answer

Penalize both.

Because B can fetch the committee boat, which is a mark, Y is not entitled to
hail for room to tack. Y breaks rule 20.1 by hailing. However, when a boat hails
for room to tack, rule 20.2(b) requires the hailed boat to respond to the hail
regardless of whether it meets the requirements of rule 20.1. B fails to do so and
breaks rule 20.2(b).

Section K - The Finish