Inside boat at starboard gate mark (on starboard tack, naturally): All the rights to sail to China before gybing for the mark.
Yes. But it could be interesting as the stbd boat at some point will be claiming
mark room and may not claim p-s; they might need
mark room to gybe to then round the mark and how much mark room do they need to gybe in?
I'd wager you can sail them to China as long as you do not claim to want
mark room; Reading the definition, as soon as you claim
mark room you have a burden of
proper course, and so this DOES change the game, as in my opinion, you may be forced to gybe to forful your
proper course obligation.
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I would be VERY interested in a judges opinion)
Inside boat at port gate mark (on port tack): Not the right-of-way boat, but if room can be given, rights to sail a tactical rounding around the mark.
First, I hope I have summarized this correctly.
Second, I'd be very interested to ask Dave Perry why he said the change to the new mark room rule is not a game-changer. Since port was limited to seamanlike before, changing to tactical now would certainly seem to be a game-changer.
Mike
Not really(for this bit), just gives port a little more room to make a proper rounding.
Please let me know what Dave perry thinks. I've been thinking long and hard about this one.....
