Team Race - CALL E 06      

Rule 12 On the Same Tack, Not Overlapped
Rule 18.2 Giving Mark-Room
Rule 18.3 Tacking when Approaching a Mark

Question 1
A is approaching a starboard-hand windward mark on port tack, and completes a tack within the zone clear ahead of X. After A is on a close-hauled course X bears away to avoid her. X protests. What should the call be?

Answer 1
No penalty.
A completes her tack at position 3 without breaking rule 13. X is not fetching the mark, so rule 18.3 does not apply. A becomes clear ahead, and X is required to keep clear, which she does.

Question 2
A is approaching a starboard-hand windward mark on port, and completes a tack within the zone inside X. X is on the layline, and does not give A mark-room, forcing A to pass the wrong side of the mark. A protests. What should the call be?

Answer 2
Penalize X.
Because X is not fetching the mark, rule 18.3 does not apply. When the boats become overlapped, rule 18.2(a) requires X to give A mark-room. X fails to give mark-room and breaks rule 18.2(a).