Question
Blue and Yellow are rounding a mark and Yellow touches it. Neither boat
Y-flags. The umpires see Yellow hit the mark, but in their judgement Blue
did not give Yellow sufficient room to pass the mark. Should they take
any action?
Answer
The umpires should give no signal. Although Blue broke rule 18.2(a), she
cannot be penalized because no boat protested, and rule C8.2 does not
permit umpires to initiate a penalty when a boat breaks a rule of Part
2. Yellow broke rule 31 by touching the mark. However, rule C8.1(b) makes
it clear that she is exonerated under rule 64.1(c). |