› Racing Rules Discussions › Finishing Mark 9/6/22 traffic jam at pin › Reply To: Finishing Mark 9/6/22 traffic jam at pin
The discussion at the very end (and sprinkled some in the middle) of this link implies to me that buoy room might not be in play here because the boats are not rounding a mark (just crossing a finish line). Proper course does not require any boat to sail near to the finish mark, so buoy room does not get turned on, at least as I read their argument. So, the port tack boats need to avoid the starboard tack ROW boats and they could have by taking the starboard tack boat’s stern and still finished.
Not sure I totally buy into their argument, since the finish mark still has a required side, and there probably were overlaps and inside/outside boats. But, I think I understand their point of view. But, they were deciding a different scenario, so maybe that plays into their written logic some.
We probably need a good diagram to fully understand how all this plays out.