Is this a case of not being clear or of having a message that you do not want to accept? I clearly stated that the rules do not require anticipation. They DO REQUIRE MANEUOVERING PROMPTLY. THAT requires tiller movement, so if you first do sail handling then you already have violated the requirement to maneuover promptly. By anticipating what will happen, you will be BETTER PREPARED to fulfill your RRS responsibilities correctly, that's all. Like Jake wrote in reaction to my post, that may even mean taking down the spinnaker before you are overlapped. So unless you can steer towards the wind promptly in response to a luff while taking down the spinnaker, then you have violated the RRS requirement. Otherwise, by the time you finish taking the spinnaker down in response to a leeward boat luff, any luff on your part is no longer prompt. So, to be extra clear, what I am saying is that in order to execute their RRS responsibilities, experienced racers have learned to anticipate what may happen so that they are ready to behave correctly, accordingly, w/o delay. To go one more step, anticipation would have prevented the whole situation which has been explained ad nauseum by now. Required by the rules? No. Smart and practical? YES!