Water at the windward mark

I am a bit confused with this rule is there such thing as water at the windward mark or is it a case of starbourd boat has right of way and i can luff other boats over the mark??

 

Any advice will do

(Massively wrong, too tired  ) sorry


Edited by Smight at BBSC

Originally posted by JimC Originally posted by Smight at BBSC Within two boat lengths of the mark the inside boat has to have room too round, weather they are on port or starboard.  Suggest you read 18.1.b

I was about to suggest the same thing.

Room at the mark (rule 18) only kicks in when boats are on the same tack at the windward mark.Like PeterV stated at the windward mark S has ROW over P.

If both are on the same tack (whether both on P or S) then rule 18 only has an effect when the keep clear boat is also the inside boat.

If the ROW boat is inside boat, rule 18 has no "effect". She stays ROW boat and the other (outside boat) has to keep clear. So the inside boat can continue on close hauled course and take the other to Timboektoe... (there are exceptions under rule 17.1, and rule 18.3, but that is another matter).

If the ROW boat is outside boat, only then the keep clear boat has the protection of rule 18.2(a) and must be given room to round the mark. She may not continue. She must round the mark promptly in a seamanlike way in the prevailing conditions. As soon as both boats have passed the mark rule 18 is off again and she then has to keep clear.