Practice · Hearing 3 · 2026-08-26 · RRS 2025-2028 · Fleet racing

The crossing

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Facts found

Both boats are close-hauled on a beat. P is on port tack, S is on starboard. P holds her course. At position 3, S bears away sharply to pass astern of P — a change of roughly 60 degrees; had she held her course she would have struck P amidships. There is no contact and no damage. Both boats protest.

You are on the protest committee.

How would you decide this?