Season 8, Race Day Finale, Race 3, Protest

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Season 8, Race Day Finale, Race 3, Protest

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Subject: Season 8, Race Day Grande Finale, Finals, Race 3, Protest
1. Your registered Boat Name: Wetstuff
2. Race Day #: Finale
3. Group: --
4. Race #: 3
5. Time(inReplay):12:05
6. Rule(s) applicable: 18.2, Rule 2
7. Skipper(s)involved: AK Suited, Zhik Ineos rebels
8. Description: Starting around 11:50, 7-8 boats have to give each other room while luffing, Zhik who is clear astern from all of them does not slow down but goes straight for the gap that his teammate has created. AK Suited has given room and being slow starts to bear down at 12:06 slowly but stops bearing down just enough to give him team mate room inside.
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Spirillen
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Re: Season 8, Race Day Finale, Race 3, Protest

Post by Spirillen »

Initially AK is outside overlapped on 2 boats, that shall be given mark room. AK has to luff nearly to HTW, to give inside boats mark room. AK looses a lot of speed by the luff, and when AK are at the mark, both inside boats gets clear ahead of AK. AK starts to bear of, to get some speed, and to get close to the mark, but stops bearing off, when Zhik becomes overlapped to leeward of AK. Zhik was clear behind AK, when AK entered the zone, and Zhik shall not be given mark room by AK.
Had Ak closed the door, and sailed close to the mark, AK would have broken RRS 11, but would be exonerated under RRS 21, since AK then wouldn't have taken more mark room than needed.

By letting Zhik (a team mate) pass between AK and the mark, AK break the rules of MLS and the RRS, as this can be seen as a team race manoeuvre.
Zhik is not breaking any rules, he see a gab and goes for it, AK could have closed the door but didn't, and that is not a fault of Zhik.

Decision:
AK DNE for breaking Rule 2.
Zhik no action.

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