Team Race - CALL L 03  

Rule 10 On Opposite Tacks
Rule 14 Avoiding Contact
Rule 16.2 Changing Course
Rule D1.2(a) Rules Between Team-Mates

Question 1
On a beat to windward, X is ahead of A on port tack. Y is on starboard tack on a collision course with X. A is keeping clear by sailing to pass astern of X. When 3 lengths from X, Y bears away to a collision course with A. A tacks and protests. What should the call be?

Answer 1
When Y changes course A does not immediately need to change course, so Y does not break rule 16.2. No penalty.

Question 2
When Y passes astern of X, there is contact. A protests. What should the call be?

Answer 2
When there is contact between team-mates, the one that has broken a rule is penalized (rule D1.2(a) does not apply because there is contact). In this case X breaks rule 10. Penalize X.