Practice · Hearing 4 · 2026-08-27 · RRS 2025-2028 · Fleet racing

The late luff

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This hearing ran on 2026-08-27. It is graded in full, and it does not extend your streak. Today’s hearing →

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Facts found

On a reaching leg after the start, L becomes overlapped from clear astern, within two of her hull lengths to leeward of W. Two lengths later L luffs hard, well above the course she would sail to the next mark. W has no time to respond; the boats touch. No damage, no injury. W protests.

You are on the protest committee.

How would you decide this?