Let's also not forget that any good RC will be running a little thing called a GATE!!! If a boat comes in on port, and has starboard boats coming at him, the port boat can always gybe and go around the port mark (looking upwind). If the port boat is inside at the port mark, he has rights over starboard anyway.
Mike
Yes, this change FURTHER encourages boats to come into the gate from the outside of the course.
