Team Race - CALL D 10   

Rule 11 On the Same Tack, Overlapped
Rule 19.1 When Rule 19 Applies
Rule 19.2(b) Giving Room at an Obstruction
Rule 64.1(c) Penalties and Exoneration
Definitions Obstruction

Question 1
X and B are overlapped on port tack approaching A on starboard tack. B sails to pass astern of A; X attempts to sail between A and B but there is insufficient space and she makes contact with B. B protests. What should the call be?

Answer 1
Because both X and B must keep clear of A, A is an obstruction and rule 19 applies. Rule 19.2(b) requires that the outside boat give the inside boat room between her and the obstruction. Penalize B as she fails to give room.
Rule 11 also applies and requires X to keep clear of B. However, X does not have to anticipate that B will break a rule. If, when it became clear that B was not giving room, the umpires decide that X then could have kept clear by tacking, penalize X for breaking rule 11; otherwise exonerate X under rule 64.1(c).

Question 2
The situation is the same, except that at position 1 B hails "no room". X tacks and protests. What should the call be?

Answer 2
In this case, it is clear to X that B will not give room. X complies with rules 11 and 14 by tacking.
B and X are overlapped when they are at the obstruction and rule 19.2(b) requires B to give X room between her and the obstruction. Penalize B as she fails to give room.