Rule 10 - On Opposite Tacks: Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-2024

[@MathieuLagrangeArthurPascal]

Very clear, keep up those very good contributions

[@SailZing]

Thanks, will do!

[@gromakovsky]

Thank you!

[@SailZing]

You're welcome!

[@vladimirleonov4530]

9:04 There is at least one more ROW rule - RRS 21. And could be 19.2(c)(2), too. If you were not talking precisely of Part 2 Section A only. Nevertheless, Great Job! Thanks :)

[@SailZing]

Thanks for the comment. It's probably just semantics. I think of Part A as the right-of-way rules. Other parts of section 2 modify the right of way rules.

[@jorgealonso977]

8:39 after green jibes I would think both boats are on the same tack. Downwind vessels are characterized with leeward side the same side as mainsail right?

[@SailZing]

After green jibes, the boats are on the same tack. You're correct that the downwind boat is characterized with the leeward side being the same side that the mainsail is on. However, before green jibed, the boats were on opposite tacks, and green was the right of way boat. Red did not keep clear, since green had to bear off and jibe to avoid red.

[@eventhisidistaken]

8:19 red started to avoid green *before* green jibed, because green failed to take decisive action early enough. Green must take a penalty. Must red also take one? I don't know, but it seems fundamentally unfair since all red ever did was work with the information as known at the time action was taken.

[@SailZing]

The key is whether green completed her gybe in time to give red room to keep clear. Agree that in the scenario shown, this is a fairly close call.

[@jimkandler525]

Green was on S so HAD rights then jibed and must avoid others while doing so but did not. After the jib Green is Windward and must avoid. Not a good example, it should have kept Green on S

[@fredbarnes196]

Example five must be wrong. The narrator says that after Green gybes they are on opposite tacks, but green gybes to port. The narrator goes on the say that Green completed her gybe before meeting red Had Green not gybed she would have had the right of way. It’s pretty clear they were trying to say once they were on opposite tacks Green had right of way. Just got it backwards is all.