• Series scoring with entries that did not sail
  19 Comments
  David Arty Sat 22:05
• Giving mark room
  16 Comments
  Ólafur Bjarnason Sat 20:36
• US Appeal 130 - Interpretations of Mark Room (Hot off the presses!)
  11 Comments
  Angelo Guarino Fri 11:31
• Room at halfwind Mark - 3 boat cluster rounding
  4 Comments
  Gijs Vlas 25-Jun-25 11:27
• Appeals - Reduction in times for submitting and responding to Appeals
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  John Allan 25-Jun-25 00:59

• Series scoring with entries that did not sail
  They can ask for redress, but may not get as there does not appear to be an improper action. 
  Mark Townsend Yesterday 17:44
• Some hypotheticals about the new Room to Tack hailing requirement
  Hailing something other than Protest or not hailing quickly enough does not shut down the process entirely. A hearing has to be held to  consider validity and there are several reasons why a protest may be considered valid despite the hail not being correct.
  I ran rule 20 through NotebookLM and the answer was that as the hail broke RRS 20.1 the hailed boat should respond and protest. Then I added the Q&A to the sources, and 'Room to Tack'  became a magic spell that opened up the doors of RRS 20.2.
  More cynical minds might conclude that this is an instance of a dodgy interpretation shoring up a poorly written rule They might think that, I could not possibly comment.
  Gordon Davies Yesterday 17:23
• Giving mark room
  David re: "The diagram clearly shows that she sailed "to the mark" although not perhaps in the tactical way she might have preferred... Blue is TOAST!"
  
  I disagree.  There is nothing in this OP which implies action on Blue's part to sail outside the mark-room she is entitled to for a tactical rounding.  In this case, with the boats in close proximity to each other such that Blue's path is actively restricted by RRS11 from position 1, Yellow needs to start turning down to give Blue a corridor as soon as Yellow hits the zone.
  
  
  Angelo Guarino Yesterday 13:46
• US Appeal 130 - Interpretations of Mark Room (Hot off the presses!)
  If b is clear astern anywhere she does not have mark room so the exact place is not relevant.
  Initially the boats may be on separate tacks so 18 does not apply.
  When tacking the boat is subject to 13, there is one exoneration. The idea is you place your boat so you may hover and get clear of the other boat so not break 13.
  If you leave an inside lane or make an otherwise wide rounding, you lose the advantage the rule gave you.
  I cannot give a positive response to your question. What I can say is that if she makes a good rounding with no boat inside her if she exercises her mark room rights to go health wind, and she hovers there gaining separation from the following boat, she should be fine.
  Michael Butterfield Mon 10:29
• Thumbs gone, Wind Tips are here
  Here it is ... it appears in the first comment.
  
  Thanks Paul!
  
  

  

  Angelo Guarino Fri 12:22

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