Like Edd said, you had rights as the leeward boat and, as leeward boat entering the two boat length circle, you carried those rights into the circle.
I would place less emphasis on rights as inside boat unless you are ABSOLUTELY positive you were laying the mark. Consider this, a boat approaching the mark is claiming they are inside boat but they aren't laying the mark. They could claim they were laying the mark and were inside boat and a windward boat did not grant them room to round so that they were forced past the mark by the windward boat. I've never been involved in such a situation but it could happen. The demonstration of inside boat is when it actually lays and rounds the mark. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 3:58 PM, David Knecht via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > I am hoping that someone can clarify the actual rules related to an > incident that I was involved in last weekend. The race was a “fun” race, > so no yelling, but I did not know who had rights. We had huge wind shifts > approaching the windward mark and I was in a position where I was close > hauled, just making the mark (to port) on starboard tack. A much larger > boat was approaching the mark also on starboard tack but from a different > direction. He had vastly over stood the mark due to the wind shift so he > was coming in on a reach and due to get there at the same time as me. We > both entered the zone around the mark at about the same time although he > was going faster so it was hard to tell. After several polite requests, he > gave me inside room. Who has rights in that situation since there was > never really an overlap until we both got to the mark? Thanks- Dave > > Aries > 1990 C&C 34+ > New London, CT > > > > _______________________________________________ > This List is provided by the C&C Photo Album > > Email address: > [email protected] > To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go bottom of > page at: > http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com > > >
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