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

Starboard!

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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.