Originally Posted by mbounds

Position 3 - Yellow enters the zone as the inside boat. RRS 18 applies (RRS 18.1). Parts of RRS 18 that do not apply - 18.3 (mark is left to starboard) and 18.4 (mark is a gate mark).


Yeah, this is the crux of the question - how is "inside" defined / determined at these gybing angles? I know full well that I'm splitting hairs here...it also doesn't make for a safe situation if yellow can push green beyond her gybe layline (into oncoming mark rounding traffic) at a right hand gate mark (right as viewed from the approaching boats). Did you mean to say that yellow was the inside boat here? That goes against what everybody has been saying...the common thought was that green is treated as the "inside" boat in this situation (which I contend is more like "will be the inside boat") all the way to even before they gybe for the gate.


Jake Kohl