Question 1
Yellow is penalized before she starts. Later she and Blue both start on
port tack, with Yellow to leeward but approximately four hull lengths
ahead of Blue. Yellow bears away, gybes, then luffs to close-hauled on
starboard tack. Soon afterward rule 10 requires Blue to change course
to avoid Yellow. Has Yellow ‘gained an advantage over the other
boat’ in the context of rule C8.3(a)?
Answer 1
No. Rule C8.3(a) refers to situations in which the advantage that a boat
gains from breaking a rule is greater than the disadvantage she suffers
by taking the penalty. Here the advantage that the penalized boat gained
as a starboard tack boat after taking her penalty is unrelated to the
advantage referred to in rule C8.3(a). |