Team Race - CALL B 06     

Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks
Rule 15 Acquiring Right of Way
Rule 16.1 Changing Course

Question 1
Before the start A and X, reaching on starboard tack, approach an anchored boat. When A reaches the two-length zone, she is clear ahead of X. A passes to windward of it, bears away alongside it, then gybes in order to sail around its stern. Very soon after A gybes, X is still on starboard and gains a small inside overlap. X changes course trying to avoid contact with A but there is contact. There is a protest. What should the call be?

Answer 1
Penalize A. When A gybes in position 2, she gives up right-of-way. Therefore rule 15 does not apply. From position 3 A is required to keep clear of X and fails to do so.