Summer 2008 - United States Snipe Sailing

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Rules Quiz Last month we presented a pair of rules quizzes having to do with windward mark rounding situations. Here is a third one, involving a boat that tacks inside another, with room to lay the mark... Within one hull length of a windward mark to be left to port, boat P (on port tack) tacks to a close-hauled course to leeward of boat S (on starboard tack). As P’s bow approaches the mark, S remains close-hauled and hails to P, “You have no rights!” As S bears away to round the mark, she forces P to bear away into the mark to avoid hitting her. P immediately gets clear of the other boats, hailing “Protest!” and flying a red flag as she does, and does one turn that includes a tack and a gybe. S sails on. After the race, P files a protest against S for failing to keep clear of her. You are on the protest committee; how would you decide this? Answer: Boat S is penalized under rule 11, On the Same Tack, Overlapped. As P approaches S on the opposite tack, P is required to keep clear under rule 10, On Opposite Tacks. Once P is on a close-hauled course, she becomes the right-of-way boat (as the P2 S1 leeward boat), and is required by rule 15, Acquiring Right of Way, to initially give S room to keep clear of her. When P completes her tack within two lengths of the mark, rule 18.3(a) requires that she not cause S to sail above close-hauled to avoid her or P1 prevent S from passing the mark. She did neither; therefore she did not break rule 18.3(a). Once P is on a close-hauled course and overlapped to leeward of S, S (as the windward boat) becomes requred to keep clear of her under rule 11. By bearing away toward P and causing P to take action to avoid her, S breaks rule 11. P chooses to take a penalty for touching the mark. This, however, does not remove her right to also protest S. Based on the facts, S breaks rule 11 and is penalized. The fact that P did a circle cannot be undone. However, had P not done a circle, she would be exonerated by the protest committee for breaking rule 31.1, Touching A Mark, under rule 64.1(b), Penalties And Exoneration. Answers are based on The Racing Rules of Sailing 2005–2008. Dave Perry’s 100 Best Racing Rules Quizzes is published by the United States Sailing Association (US SAILING) — 1 (800) 877-2451 or www.ussailing.org 20 www.snipeus.org P3 S3 Wind S2
Snipe Display In Quest Field At 2008 Seattle Boat Show Seattle Snipe Fleet 444 participated in the Seattle Boat Show that occurred this past winter. Corinthian Yacht Club organized the event that involved setting up a display of the most active one design fleets racing out of CYC. The display was unique this year in that the organizers allowed the boats to be set up on the field of Quest Stadium, home Tattoo You! Get a supply of Snipe Tattoos like this for your regatta or other Fleet function. Contact Mary Buckley, direx@inebraska.com Fried Elliott of the Seattle Seahawks A plastic covered shelter was set up that contained Snipe promotional brochures, and was manned by two club volunteers every day of the 10 day show to answer questions and recruit potential members. The Snipe pictured is owned by Tom Colligan. US SNIPE SAILOR Summer 2008 21
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