Two boats (A & B) are finishing downwind, both on Port Tack, AW is Clear Astern of BL but approaching to pass windward of BL. Both boats are outside the 3 boat length circle of the committee boat and no overlap exists (yet--in fact, BL was inside the circle before the overlap existed)

Question: Can boat BL bring up AW?

AW claimed room-at-the-mark (ie the committee boat)