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1 The Racing Rules of Sailing begin to apply between boats before their warning signal.
2 A boat cannot be penalized under the racing rules unless she is racing.
3 When you are racing and you witness a competitor foul a cruising boat, you are not permitted to protest the competitor for that incident.
4 When a boat that is racing meets a boat that is cruising under sail, the racing boat has right of way.
5 When two boats are tacking at the same time, the one that passed head to wind first has right of way.
6 When a port-tack boat (P) crosses ahead of a starboard tacker (S), S is not permitted to change course if, as a result, P would have to change her course immediately to keep clear.
7 If a right-of-way boat fails to avoid contact when possible, she will not be penalized under rule 14 (Avoiding Contact) unless there is serious damage.
8 When right of way changes hands, the new right-of-way boat must always give the other boat room to keep clear.
9 Whenever a right-of-way boat changes course during a race, she must give the other boat room to keep clear.
10 Rule 14 (Avoiding Contact) applies all the time during a race.
11 On a reach, a boat can sail below her proper course when there are boats overlapped to leeward of her.
12 On a beat to windward, a boat cannot sail below her proper course when there is a leeward boat within 2 lengths.
13 When a port-tack boat (P) is ducking to pass behind a starboard tacker (S), S cannot change course if as a result P would have to change her course immediately to keep clear.
14 The 'buoy room' rule (18) does not apply when boats are on opposite tacks.
15 Boats may be "about to round" a mark before they reach the 'zone.'
16 You cannot hail for room to tack at an obstruction unless you must make a substantial change of course to clear it.
17 If there is reasonable doubt that a boat obtained or broke an overlap in time, it shall be presumed that she did not.
18 You are not permitted to interfere with a boat on another leg of the course.
19 If a leeward inside boat has "luffing rights," she does not have to jibe at a mark to sail her proper course.
20 You can hail for room to tack at an obstruction only if you are sailing a closehauled course.
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