• 49.2 on boats with no lifelines
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  Stephen Jones Today 16:32
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  Angelo Guarino Today 01:07
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  Matthew Blake Tue 04:14
• Two port boats duck a starboard boat
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• 49.2 on boats with no lifelines
  Exactly that, class rules, but typically there aren't any restrictions on torso position per se, there's just 49.1 plus any restrictions in class rules. Some prohibit toe straps for instance.
  Jim Champ Today 17:27
• 2025-2028 US Sailing Prescriptions Updated
  Al ... when you are in the rules section of the site, if you choose Rx: USA, the prescriptions will show-up embedded in the RRS's.
  
  For Appx's R, U and V,  the entire Appx is replaced/inserted with the US Prescription.
  
  
  

  

  Angelo Guarino Today 03:25
• Mark-Room and Room to Pass an Obstruction who wins.
  Jim,
  
  In racing, in many ways, the keep clear boat has a lot more freedom, she is the one who can do anything she wants just as long as she continues to keep clear, i.e. lets the right of way boat continue to sail straight ahead.  That's a pretty small part of the ocean.  The right way boat is the one that has all the limitations put on her (15, 16, 17) if she does anything but continue going straight.  Even 18, 19, 20 can be looked at as limitations on the right of way boat; an inside ROW boat doesn't need mark-room to get around a mark, it's a bonus.
  
  Certainly the objectives of big ships meeting in open water, who were already on their desired courses and want to continue on them, and two boat meeting in a race are radically different.  Also, the room needed when changing course is much different.  It's much different when the ships are meeting in a harbor and both need to maneuver and there are special rules and procedures for that.
  John Christman Fri 19:20
• Why is the "red flag" needed?
  I'm a month late to the party but wanted to add my own endorsement of this idea, for whatever that might be worth. 
  
  I agree with the numerous posters that have opined that the current ruleset and culture of strict validity requirements is harmful to the sport. I'm also aware that I am - and presumably many participants in this forum are - radically pro-protest in comparison to the average racer. There is a pervasive attitude amongst racers that protesting is itself unsportsmanlike. The strict validity requirements are often interpreted as intended specifically to reduce the number of "full" protest hearings, which just feeds into the anti-protest mentality. 
  
  I'm absolutely in favor of reducing the validity requirements in situations where it should be clear to the protestee that either (a) they are being protested, or (b) a rule was broken (e.x. contact occurred) and they may be at fault. 
  Matt Johns Wed 20:14
• Team scoring under a fleet racing format
  I want to thank everyone for the comments and suggestions.  For anyone faced with a similar situation, please note John Allan's reply (buried in the middle of the thread) with suggested SI language for this format that hopefully will minimize competitor confusion regarding the meaning and applicability of case 78, RRS 2, and RRS 41 in this format. 
  Matthew Blake Wed 16:06

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