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Q&A 2017-006; Match race call disguised as a fleet race Q&A
I agree that this was posted under the wrong heading. In a fleet race without the changes to Rule 18 that are listed in C2.9, Rule 18 would not apply ("between boats on a beat" and the situation becomes a more common starboard tacker obstruction..