SO, YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE RULES? – Model Yachting Association Great Britain

09/05/2023

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5 min read

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE RULES (Scenario 1)

How many times on the shoreline have you heard someone say, if you tack from port to starboard inside the zone at a port hand windward mark you have no rights at all over boats that entered the zone on…

15/05/2023

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6 min read

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE RULES (Scenario 2)

There are situations at the windward mark where the port tack boat ‘tries it on’, by tacking underneath a starboard tack boat inside the zone and close to the mark. I hear people say a lot, when you tack inside…

22/05/2023

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8 min read

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE RULES (Scenario 3)

There are situations at the windward mark where the port tack boat tries it on by tacking inside the zone and close to the mark. A high chance of success for this approach is when the starboard tack boats have…

10/07/2023

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5 min read

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE RULES (Scenario 4)

This is a situation I was personally involved in at Gosport Model Yacht and Boat Club. Spoiler – the answer is to the best of my knowledge, but I would be delighted for any rules experts to step in and…