Perhaps I can shed some light, since I was the starboard boat.
First off it was great for me just to be out there and competitively
sailing and racing boat for boat with some F16's. Pete, Stefan+Lisa and I
were battling back and fourth all day. Pete and Stefan could get me windward
and I would always reel them downwind and sometimes upwind. Coming down to the C mark on this
particular leg Pete and Stefan were ahead of me, when they gibed to starboard to run out before there last gibe to port for the mark, I noticed
they seemed to both stall and there boats both started to bounce up and down, I figured a wind shift which was bad for them but me still on starboard would lift me into the mark which it did. Now at the C mark
I was not even thinking 2 boat length, rights on who or anything I was thinking Stephan and Pete already on port heating it up and coming in,
I still had to douse and round so I choose to duck to do my stuff and beat them
on the next downwind leg which would of been the finish. Instead my trapeze line broke on the beat and I went swimming.
Just goes to show you that the best laid plans can still go splash.