Team Race - CALL H 04  

Rule 18.1 Rounding and Passing Marks and Obstructions: When this Rule Applies
Rule 18.2 Rounding and Passing Marks and Obstructions: Giving Room; Keeping Clear
Rule 20.2 Penalty Turns

Question 1
A penalized boat X on port tack is well ahead of A and within two lengths of the mark which is to be left to starboard. X then exonerates herself through an anticlockwise turn. When X completes her penalty, A is within the two-lengths zone and has an inside overlap on X. A hails for room at the mark. X gives room and protests. What should the call be?

Answer 1
When X begins her exonerating manoeuvre, she is no longer 'about to pass' a mark and rule 18 does not apply. X is subject to rule 20.2, and is keep clear boat. When A and X become about to pass the mark, X is the outside keep clear boat required to give A room. No penalty.

Question 2
The situation is the same except that the mark is to be rounded to port. At position 5, X hails for room at the mark. A gives room and protests. What should the call be?

Answer 2
The boats are overlapped at position 5. X has completed her penalty and is required to keep clear as windward boat. Rule 18.2(a) also applies, and A must give X room to round the mark. No penalty.