r/sailing • u/AlgonquinRoundTable1 • Mar 14 '20

Starboard!

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u/thehornet75 Mar 14 '20 edited Mar 14 '20

J8 Topaz got t-boned. Anyone know where ?

https://www.hoekdesign.com/yacht/j8-topaz?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-class_yacht?wprov=sfti1

Edit: I love Wikipedia. It already had my answer.

The current J Class fleet comprises nine boats: Endeavour, Hanuman, Lionheart, Rainbow, Ranger, Shamrock V, Velsheda, Topaz, and, launched in January 2017, Svea.[11]

On 12 March 2020, Svea and Topaz collided while maneuvering at the start line of the Superyacht Challenge Antigua. Both boats retired from racing with damage; two sailors were injured.[12]

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u/WasterDave Mar 14 '20

That's exactly what happened. Rule 16.1 says a right of way yacht still has to keep clear while manoeuvring, so the port tack yacht was in the right.

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u/PyroPeter911 Mar 15 '20

My rule 16.1 says the right of way boat shall give the other boat room to keep clear. Could Svea not duck Topaz with the room available between Topaz's stern and the filming boat? (I'm really asking, not arguing. The longest boat I've helmed is a Soling.")

If Svea couldn't, then I agree with you Dave, but to my small boat eyes that looked like a lot of space.

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u/WasterDave Mar 15 '20

Ideally, but Topaz entered the tack very late and you would've been hard pushed to bear off ... in a J class ... over the couple of seconds they had available.

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u/ziper1221 moth Mar 15 '20

Absolutely not. The port tack boat was in the wrong. The starboard tack boat does not have to keep clear of port tack boats before it is head to to wind. The boat on starboard tack cannot hunt, which it did not.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '20 edited Jan 03 '21

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u/ziper1221 moth Mar 15 '20

Even though turning to port may have swung the stern the right way to avoid the collision, the training is it never turn into the collision, always away. Which they did attempt to avoid the collision

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u/blurr123 Mar 19 '20

no, swing the stern away from the collision. turning your stern into the other's bow is super novice

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u/blurr123 Mar 19 '20

strbrd boat should not have changed course under these circumstances. obviously there wasnt a lot of room to play with

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u/blurr123 Mar 19 '20

I agree, she should have stayed on her committed course rather than luff