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By the Rules: IRPCAS? I think not.
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Rob Overton on sailing rules, calls, and tactics. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. The Preamble to Part 2 of the Racing Rules of Sailing (RRS) contains an interesting provision: “If the sailing instructions so state, the rules of Part 2 are replaced by the right-of-way rules of the. Being done. The only situation I've heard of in which IRPCAS rules replace the rules of Part 2 is for. The idea behind invoking IRPCAS rules in long-distance races is that those rules rules don't allow close maneuvering, so the boats ...
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By the Rules: Answer to Leeward Mark Rules Quiz
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Rob Overton on sailing rules, calls, and tactics. Friday, November 14, 2014. Answer to Leeward Mark Rules Quiz. It's been a week since I posted the leeward mark question, so I think we've received all the answers we'll probably get. If you haven't read the preceding post and responses by John, Hans and me, you'll need to do so, to understand this follow-up post. This was, in fact, the call made on the water and was my original opinion, as well. Final answer: DSQ both A and Y. Or, suppose X's course is ab...
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By the Rules: April 2013
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Rob Overton on sailing rules, calls, and tactics. Monday, April 8, 2013. When does rule 18 turn off? A question I hear often is "When does rule 18 turn off? At the simplest level, the answer is given by rule 18.1:. 181 When Rule 18 Applies. Rule 18 applies between boats when they are required to leave a mark on the same side and at. Least one of them is in the zone. However, it does not apply. A) between boats on opposite tacks on a beat to windward,. Not both of them is to tack,. So that they appear in ...
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By the Rules: August 2013
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Rob Overton on sailing rules, calls, and tactics. Friday, August 9, 2013. Correction to 'More about Redress'. I apologize for the error. Racing Rules of Sailing 2013-2016. Wednesday, August 7, 2013. In the last post I covered the most common reason for requesting redress – actions or non-actions by race committees, protest committees, organizing authorities, and the like. In this post we’ll look at the other reasons a boat might request redress. Rule 2 or a penalty or warning under rule 69.2(c). Reading ...
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By the Rules: Leeward Mark Rules Quiz
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Rob Overton on sailing rules, calls, and tactics. Friday, October 31, 2014. Leeward Mark Rules Quiz. Here's a scenario that came up at an umpire debrief at the 2014 Hinman, which is the US Team Race National Championship. Simple as it seems, it had the sailors and umpires discussing what rules applied for hours after the debrief. And again the next morning. In my next post, I'll tell you what the august body of Hinman umpires finally decided! November 2, 2014 at 11:25 AM. Making this complicated does a g...
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By the Rules: July 2014
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Rob Overton on sailing rules, calls, and tactics. Friday, July 25, 2014. US Rules Proposals for the 2017-202 RRS. The US submissions, which include reasons for why the changes should be made, can be found on the US Sailing website at http:/ www.ussailing.org/race-officials/rules. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find a list of links to the PDF files containing the Submissions. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). US Rules Proposals for the 2017-202 RRS. View my complete profile. Other Good Rules Blogs. Bryan h...
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By the Rules: US Rules Proposals for the 2017-202 RRS
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Rob Overton on sailing rules, calls, and tactics. Friday, July 25, 2014. US Rules Proposals for the 2017-202 RRS. The US submissions, which include reasons for why the changes should be made, can be found on the US Sailing website at http:/ www.ussailing.org/race-officials/rules. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find a list of links to the PDF files containing the Submissions. July 28, 2014 at 12:48 PM. A) she is approaching an obstruction and will soon need to make a. August 4, 2014 at 8:56 PM. The a...
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By the Rules: November 2012
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Rob Overton on sailing rules, calls, and tactics. Monday, November 5, 2012. Play 17 and the Shake and Bake. This post stems from a conversation I had with a coach at a team-race event. The coach was complaining about a bunch of calls his team never seemed to get in their favor. Naturally, he wondered how we umpires could screw up so badly. From my experience and his description of what the sailors were doing, I don’t think we screwed up, at least not most of the time. The animation above shows Play 17 wo...
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By the Rules: March 2013
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Rob Overton on sailing rules, calls, and tactics. Tuesday, March 5, 2013. Clarification of "Changes to the RRS 2013-2016". On November 3, 2012, I gave a 45-minute presentation at the US Sailing Annual General Meeting (AGM) in San Francisco, entitled "Changes to the RRS 2013-2016". T. His presentation is posted on the US Sailing website; you can find it and download it at http:/ raceadmin.ussailing.org/Rules.htm. Features the foll owing animati on:. On the right of this animation I wrote ,. Here, Blue bre...
