Racing this weekend and a situation came up that I believe we were fouled:


Two boats approaching leeward gate(s) on port tack, both fetching the left hand mark.

We both hit the circle with the other boat as the inside overlap (windward-port -- WP) boat.

We were providing "room at the mark" for the other boat; however the WP was high of the mark.

WP instead of going low-and-slow to make a seaman's rounding (with room), decided to gybe to Starboard (inside the circle).

He then stayed on Starboard as if going to the right-hand mark forcing us to gybe in order to avoid a collision. In doing so we exited the 3-boat circle

He then gybed back and rounded the left-hand mark.

I hailed PROTEST.

I ended up not going to the "room" but was curious to understand the rules to see if I was correct in my assessment.