by yachtie » Thu May 31, 2007 1:28 am
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">This is a case of someone trying to bully someone out of the way <blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Exactly - Boats on opposite tacks cannot be overlapped.[:X]
Barging in on Port has NO RIGHTS[V]
Starboard rules the way [^]- At any time a Port/Starboard incident is in the offing, the mark needs to be disregarded in terms of rules. If the Port boat enters 4 boats only slightly ahead of Stbd there is no way he can ever get around the mark first without infringing the Stbd tack boat. Even if the Stbd tack boat is fetching the mark he is entitled to sail his "proper course" which is towards and around the mark and only needs to change course to avoid a collision if needed. [:p]
Chris
NZL1 Longtack
NZL110 Swept Away NZL128 Ketch me if U Can