I'm digging through it now, looking for "finishing" instead of starting, because I think there is a difference. And the committee boat was on the left end of the finish line, we were passing the ball on the right end of the line, so there was no boat as an obstruction, just a ball. We had both overstood and he moreso than I, so I had had to come down even further to allow him room at the ball, or did I? Could I have held my higher line to the finish ball and kept him above it? That is the question. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />