Sorry, vaguely related to my other post, but its just sprung to mind lol.

You round a mark correctly and without touching it. For some prior reason you need to do a penalty turn, which you make after the rounding. And in doing so (probably doing it too soon!!!), you then touch that same mark. Is that - after the first/real rounding had been legal - an infringement? Does that first rounding ever actually become 'complete', at least prior to rounding the next mark?

My view is that if you hit the mark while doing the penalty turn, you failed to get clear - so get clear and then do your penalty.

I see that as two separate incidents so I think you need to do two turns - one for the original foul and one for hitting the mark.

John

Edited February 8Feb 8 by John Ball
answer revised - see below

Thanks, that was what I'd been assuming. Fortunately I don't so it as often these days :)

Hi Colin,

after some thought I want to revise my answer. R 21 says a boat must stay clear of a boat - no reference to the mark. So I now think that if you completed your tack and gybe, (promptly and in either order), then your original penalty is satisfied - but now you hit a mark on a leg of the course, so you owe a new penalty.

I had one other thought - which side of the mark did you hit - the high side - ok - but if you hit the low side, did you 'unwind' and so have not actually rounded the mark (r 28 and the string rule).

John