Section L - Other Rules
MR CALL L8
Rule C2.13 (23.3), Interfering with Another Boat
Question
Yellow and Blue are sailing in one match and Red and Green in another. Green meets
Yellow on the course and Green is the right-of-way boat. Is it permissible for Green
to change her course so that Yellow has no need to change course to keep clear?
Answer
Yes, provided that the change of course by Green is ‘consistent with complying with
a rule or trying to win her own match.’
If Green clearly disadvantaged herself by her course change, then she would have
broken rule C2.13 (23.3).