Section L – Other Rules
TR CALL L2
Rule 21.2, Taking Penalties
Rule 23.2, Interfering with Another Boat
Rule 44.2, One-Turn and Two-Turns Penalties
Facts
On a beat to windward, B is on port
tack and is well clear of other boats.
She bears away to take a penalty. Y
tacks to starboard onto a collision
course with B. B luffs to keep clear of
Y, then gybes and promptly completes
her penalty. There is a protest.
Decision
No Penalty.
From position 2 B is taking a penalty.
See Call L5 answer 3.
While B is taking her penalty she must keep clear of Y; she does so by luffing and
complies with rule 21.2. Then she complies with rule 44.2 by promptly completing
her penalty.
Y is sailing her proper course at all times. Therefore rule 23.2 does not apply to her
and she breaks no rule.
When a boat that is well clear of other boats starts to take a penalty turn, and the
actions of another boat cause her to interrupt her turn to comply with rule 21.2, she
complies with rule 44.2 if she then promptly completes her penalty.