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).
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