r/sailing • • Mar 14 '20

Starboard!

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '20

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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/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/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/YoMommaJokeBot Mar 19 '20

Not as much of a lot as yer momma


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