Originally Posted by scooby_simon
Originally Posted by flumpmaster
Originally Posted by Team_Cat_Fever
Originally Posted by mbounds
[quote=Team_Cat_Fever]That being said Port always yields to Starboard Leeward or not.


Except when a port tack boat is entitled to mark room from a stbd tack boat; they are exonerated for making the stbd boat give way per Rule 18.5.

That situation happens frequently at the left-hand (looking upwind) gate mark.


But room at the mark and becoming the ROW boat are 2 different things.Port gets room not rights.


I don't follow you. When you enter the 3 boat length circle on port at the left gate (looking upwind) you have inside overlap on starboard and are the right of way boat at that time.
I agree with Dave Ingram - a suprising number of old salts don't understand this and when you bellow 'room' that start hollering 'starboard', then 'protest'.

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You do not have "right of way"; you have mark room. That's all.

You have ROOM to round the mark.


That's it! I guess I wasn't clear enough for that Texanbrit or Limey Texan or whatever he is.
By the way Chris, I'm trying like he77 to sell your marstrom for you.

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