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Current issue #119 - Light Air Downwind
QUIZ 3: Room at the finish line?
Two boats approach the pin end of a downwind finish line on opposite tacks. The Red boat (R) is on port tack while the Green boat (G) is on starboard tack. R hails for mark-room at the buoy, but G yells 'Starboard' and asserts her right of way without providing room. R has to sail on the wrong side of the mark, jibe and then tack to cross the finish line? What do the rules say about this situation?
R broke a rule
G broke a rule
Neither boat broke a rule
Both boats broke rules
G broke a rule
Neither boat broke a rule
Both boats broke rules
