Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks
Rule 15 Acquiring Right of Way
Rule 19.2 Giving Room at an Obstruction
Rule 20 Room to Tack at an Obstruction
Rule 64.1(c) Penalties and Exoneration
Question 1 |
Question 2 |
Answer to Questions 1 and 2
If A completes her tack so close to X and B that they can neither both keep
clear by tacking, nor both keep clear by bearing away to pass astern of A, then
A breaks rule 15, Acquiring Right of Way. Penalize A.
If X and B could have kept clear by tacking, but X chooses to bear away astern
of A and there is insufficient room for B, then X breaks rule 19.2(b), penalize
X. B is exonerated under rule 64.1(c) because, as a result of X breaking rule
19.2(b), she was compelled to break rules 10 and 11.
If X and B could have kept clear by bearing away, but X chooses to hail for
room to tack and B responds as soon as possible to the hail but there is still
contact between the boats, then X breaks rule 20.1(a) by not giving B time to
respond to her hail. Penalize X.
If, when a boat acquires right of way, she forces another boat to break
a rule while keeping clear, she has not given that other boat room to keep clear
and therefore breaks rule 15.