• Issue (and patch) with the new RRS 60.4 (double negatives and Boolean logic)
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  Angelo Guarino Thu 18:10
• About Redress Requests...
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  Vince Harris Wed 22:26
• Language for disallowing bowsprit extension until a boat is at a mark
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  Jim Archer Tue 03:21
• R20 Hailing for room to tack and the new WS Q&A
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  John Ball Mon 19:03
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  Vince Harris 25-May-08 16:13

• Issue (and patch) with the new RRS 60.4 (double negatives and Boolean logic)
  So this came up as we go into the College Sailing Nationals next week. As has been pointed out, valid or invalid are two states.  A zero or a one if you desire.  If it is looked at in a logic tree that determines if a protest is valid, since that is what is being considered, then the possibilities look like this:
  
  

  

  Peter Fanta Today 00:06
• About Redress Requests...
  Thanks, John.  I take this seriously and will follow your advice.  Much appreciated.
  Vince Harris Yesterday 11:16
• R20 Hailing for room to tack and the new WS Q&A
  John C, earlier in the thread you made the point that it was only that she was "hailed".   The new rule is stated as ... 
  
  

  20.3 Passing On a Hail to an Additional Boat
  When a boat has been hailed for room to tack and she intends to respond by tacking, she may hail another boat on the same tackfor room to tack and avoid her.

  
  This is in context of ... 
  
  

  20.1 Hailing
  A boat may hail for room to tack and avoid a boat on the same tack by hailing ‘Room to tack’.

  
  So the "hailed for room to tack" in 20.3 is defined clearly in 20.1 as the specific hail 'Room to tack'
  
  However ... I don't think there is a problem here if M uses the magic words.....
  
  The middle boat is either overlapped to windward or clear astern, so it is KC boat to L. 
  
  

  1. If M is close enough to L that she will need to avoid L before she reaches HTW, then L is an obstruction to both M and W.  
     1. M can make the determination that she will soon need to take action to avoid L and make the hail
  2. If M is far enough away that L will pass HTW but not complete her tack, she has new obligations under 14 to not cause contact between another boat and an object that should be avoided.  
     1. I'd maybe argue that L under 14(c) "combine" into an object that should be avoided, and thus M'e correct hail if again "OK"

  
  So, in the end, I think M is fine as long as she says the magic words. 
  Angelo Guarino Thu 11:09
• Language for disallowing bowsprit extension until a boat is at a mark
  So ... 3 Wed night races started so far this season in Annapolis ... 3 DW starts ... with another one last night. 
  Angelo Guarino Thu 10:49
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