We've ALL used the rules to gain a tatical advantage. A simple port/starboard works well to protect the right side of the course.
Who doesn't use "mark room" to keep the inside overlap advantage.
Yes, there are situations that enforcing your ROW rights doesn't work in your favor but to imply it never works in your favor or the top sailors don't exercise the rules to gain a tatical advantage is just not correct.
David Ingram
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