Question 1
Yellow and Blue are both sailing more than ninety degrees from the true
wind. Blue, on port tack is sailing along a continuing obstruction. Yellow,
on starboard tack is approaching the obstruction on a collision course
with Blue. Yellow bears away and avoids Blue.
There is a Y-flag. What should the call be?
Answer1
Display the green and white flag.
Both boats are sailing more than ninety degrees from the true wind and
are overlapped. Yellow is the outside boat and is required by rule 19.2(b)
to give Blue room between her and the obstruction.
By bearing away to give room between positions 3 and 4 Yellow fulfilled
her obligation under rule 19.2(b).
Yellow did not need to take avoiding action until the moment when she
needed to change course to fulfil her obligation under rule 19.2(b). Had
Yellow failed to then give room, she would have forced Blue to break rule
10 and Blue would have been exonerated under rule 64.1(c).
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