You have it backwards Tracie. My point is that the stress is on the slow boat because of this "stay out the spi boats way" metality.

Unfortunately we are all on the same water and usually rounding the same marks. I have felt a great deal of stress trying to round "C" mark with a spi boat almost flipping over on top of me.

Per the US Sailing R.R.S. the stress SHOULD be on the spi boat. The PRO directs his warnings to the slow boat skippers to watch out for the fast spis instead of warning the spis to maintain a better lookout.

THAT IS BACKWARDS.

Perhaps you didn't hear the same PRO speeches I did.

Your own incident(s) exemplify the problem.

You "turned the corner and popped the chute". As slow as a Hobie 14 is downwind, how could you not see him IF you were looking for slow boats?

The foolish 14 skipper was probably wasting his time, trying to figure out which course to take and how to set his sails (racing?) instead of looking astern for the Tigers and Foxes.

I have seen plenty of these "A" mark roundings with several spi boats focusing on getting their sheets up as fast as possible, blocking their view, and then blasting off.

It is true that most people don't hail enough, especially when they have rights.

The basis of our rules is that the right-of-way boat has the right to focus on sailing their boat and ignore burdened boats, up to the point a collision is imminent.

As I said, this "reversal of responsibility" trend has got to stop.