not sure about this one

I would agree with Roger that he cal luff but not tack 9but in doing so he has to give sufficient time and opportunity to react.

I was involved in a protest at the Blaze nats over something very similar (the PC decided the other boat breached 16.1 so i won). I would call it as 16.1, any other thoughts?

Obviously we are just going on what we can see in our minds eye....

sounds like he was tacking in your water putting him in the wrong.

Very difficult to analyse specific incidents without the actual info the PC would have - drawing and most especially both parties' version of events.

1) Were the boats overlapped during the mark rounding?
2) If so who was inside
3) What rounding was it, reach to beat, run to beat, beat to run or what?
4) was it necessary to tack to complete the rounding, or was it optional and he could have reasonably gone off on either tack
5) Had you both completed the mark rounding - ie were on your best course for the next mark. Remember 2BL isn't relevant here.

At a recent laser event i was at i was confused by this as well, ( water after the mark )

We were still in the two boat length and rounded the mark, i had a better mark rounding than him and was just higher than him but behind

He decided to tack and i just nicked the back of his boat, i did not have time to react to avoid his boat ( i was also on starboard )

Who was in the wrong ?

Edited by Crafty

Originally posted by jeffers Just one thing to throw in.....If memory serves the '2 boat length rule' (referred to as 'the zone')  is not actually a rule. I believe it is defined as 'about to round or pass'

Yes and No. You're quite correct about the water being required when about to pass rather than specifically 2BL, but 2BL is also in the rules as the point at which overlaps cannot be made or broken after - If you break an overlap within 2bl then its tough, you still have to let them in, and if you make an overlap after 2BL its tough, you've got no rights and have to bail out or do your turns.