Reply To: Finishing Mark 9/6/22 traffic jam at pin

[FuzzyLogicParticipantParticipant]

The rules don’t appear to address the finishing mark(s) differently from other marks, so that leaves us using mark rounding rules apparently. Although no one is forced to finish close to a mark as in a traditional mark rounding, there are times like this when several boats will converge at one end of the finish line and all would like to pass as close as possible. When that happens, it looks like Rule 18 comes into play, with the zone, overlaps and proper course. The rest of the time everyone is outside the zone so other regular rules apply, it appears.

Rich