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kevinmac
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Initially Posted - 04/18/2007 :  15:09:52  Show Profile
1.) If I am beating to windward on starboard tack, and another boat is running downwind toward me, and he is on starboard tack (boom to port), then I am the right of way boat, correct?

2.) If I am beating to windward on port tack, and another boat is running downwind toward me on starboard tack (boom to port), then HE is the right of way boat, correct?

When answering these questions, think about boats far away from each other initially, as when you are the 5th fleet starting, and the first fleet has already rounded the upwind mark (on an upwind/downwind course) and is headed back toward you. I.E. I am trying to ask this question without complicating it with overlap and overtaking.

Thanks in advance from a racing newbie.
Kevin Mackenzie
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 :  16:32:29  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
You are correct on both counts.
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wmeinert@kconline.com
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 :  17:00:07  Show Profile
Yes, and even if the boats are in a diferent class, they must follow the same rules even if they feel they are not racing against you. I had some really old farts in Cleveland last year barge in on me at the leward mark and vocally said my protest doesn't count because they weren't in our fleet. I think that same guy had the heart attack at the protest table later that night.
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kevinmac
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Response Posted - 04/18/2007 :  18:56:08  Show Profile
Thanks guys. Man, I think I am finally learning it the tiniest bit.

Must me I am about to really screw up... ;-)
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hwy61sail
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Response Posted - 04/19/2007 :  04:24:14  Show Profile
An excellent web site to review rules is www.steadycrew.com

Registration is free. It appears that they have acquired and expanded the UK Sailing Quiz.
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kevinmac
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Response Posted - 04/19/2007 :  09:04:20  Show Profile
Interesting. I'll take a look. thanks.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 04/19/2007 :  16:34:27  Show Profile
Kevin, just remember the precedence of the ROW rules:
1. Starboard over Port
2. Leeward over Windward.
3. Clear ahead over clear astern.
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/19/2007 :  18:27:26  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
And....

You gotta do all you can to avoid a collision regardless of ROW.
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bbriner
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Response Posted - 04/20/2007 :  14:32:33  Show Profile
Please correct me if this is wrong:
(1) Opposite tacks: Starboard over Port
(2) Same Tack: Leeward over Windward

Derek - Could you explain your #3?

Thx
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Champipple
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Response Posted - 04/21/2007 :  08:24:59  Show Profile  Visit Champipple's Homepage
I can take a stab at it. Essentially you can't ram a guy up the transom just because he is going too slow. And if you are passing him from clear behind, you are limited in your actions.
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Derek Crawford
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Response Posted - 04/22/2007 :  18:58:31  Show Profile
Thanks Duane! I've been at the lake since Friday - it was our Fiesta Regatta this weekend - howling winds on Saturday, drifter on Sunday...
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