Discussion of the RRS Changes for Next Season
What you have all been waiting for, and just in time for light holiday reading, Scuttlebutt has posted a detailed review of the rules changes for 2017 - 2020 here together with explanations and reasons. Enjoy!
Small, Significant Rule Changes
From Sailing World by Dick Rose Two changes we’ll address this month are related to a basic principle underlying the Part 2 rules: Whenever a boat is on a course to pass near another boat, one of the two has right of way over the other, and the other is required to keep clear of the right-of-way boat. At any given moment in a race, you will always have right of way over some boats and at the same time be required to keep clear of other boats. For example, if you are on starboard tack, you have right of [...]
When a Foul Results From Another Boat’s Breach
While we don't now have a Protest Committee, the issue could be raised should we? By not having a protest committee are we avoiding one of the important parts of the game, knowing and following the Racing Rules of Sailing? What's your view on this issue? The comments and the forum are open. From the Look to Windward Blog that covers the racing rules. Rule 11, On the Same Tack, Overlapped Rule 64.1(c), Decisions: Penalties and Exoneration A protest committee must exonerate boats when, as a result of another boat’s breach of a rule, they are all compelled to break [...]
Dick Rose Racing Rules Seminar Tonight!
Don't miss out on this great opportunity to learn the rules from a master, and for a great cause. Lecture begins at 6pm tonight at the Northwest Maritime Center. (See post below for more details)