Amory Klein
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If possible, please provide a link to the relevant rule. Thanks!
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Rule 18.4 says this:Blue Heron II be careful as you can easily violate 18.4 with your tactic. BB
(Thanks for the link, by the way. That's where I got this.)18.4 Gybing
When an inside overlapped right-of-way boat must gybe at a mark to
sail her proper course, until she gybes she shall sail no farther from
the mark than needed to sail that course. Rule 18.4 does not apply at
a gate mark.
Yes, I forgot exactly what the diagram laid out when I was writing. Blue Heron II is still going to have trouble based on part b of the definition of mark room. Dave Perry has a good book that interprets the rules and is helpful here. Here is the defintion. Anything in italics is a definition and is defined in the front of the book.Rule 18.4 says thisThanks for the link, by the way. That's where I got this.)
So is it a good tactic? I don't know, but it doesn't appear to involve Rule 18.4.
As the rules point out at the beginning of Section A, sections B, C and D can affect rules of part A, and this is the case with rule 18.So does 18.2 override the fact that A is on starboard and B on port?
The answer is "Yes!" to both of your questions. Let me explain...
As of this 4-year period of the RRS, both right-of-way rules and mark-room rules apply at marks. Boat B, as inside, overlapped boat at the zone, is entitled to mark-room. This means she can take room to sail to the mark and room to round the mark as necessary to sail the course. Her moves must be done in a seamanlike manner. At the same time, she must keep clear of Boat A who continues to be the right-of-way boat during the mark rounding.
In this case, if Boat B is sailing to the mark and Boat A tries to shut her out by sailing closer to the mark thus forcing Boat B to change course to avoid her, Boat A would be breaking RRS 18.2b. On the other hand, if Boat B sails wide around the mark trying to make a tactical turn rather than simply taking the room necessary to sail the course, she would be breaking rule 10 if she fails to keep clear of Boat A.