Jeff, Ken Read made similar observations. ETNZ was out of good options at that point. Even if they tacked directly in front (without fouling), Oracle was probably close enough to foot and sail through their lee.
Although, that would have been entertaining too...
Mike
Right and had they tacked on top of Oracle, they were quite close to the boundary and would have had to give room to Oracle both on starboard after they tacked and because of the boundary... having to short tack in quick succession without getting up to speed.
They were in a bad spot and to be honest I would have just kept sailing in a straight line.
