8/1/2011 1:49:32 PM
by Andrew Alberti
Last month I discussed the situation at a leeward mark where a starboard-tack boat has to give room to a port-tack boat. Before I continue with situations where starboard tack has to give way to port tack, I want to show two situations that may seem similar to last month but which are not. In last month’s situation, starboard had to give “mark-room” to port according to rule 18.2. Rule 18.1 describes when rule 18 applies and more importantly where it does not.
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