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Just When You Thought You Understood the Mark Room Rule

This link opens (click the blue link) an involved rules discussion about room at the weather mark mostly Racing Rules of Sailing riles 18.2, and 18.3).

I have not yet figured out what the final verdict is, especially with regard to the blue boat (which causes in the entire incident by calling for room to tack instead of taking green’s stern); I believe the red boat is guilty of breaking RRS 18.3.

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