Rules 14 & 15 - Avoiding Contact, Acquiring Right-of-Way - Racing Rules of Sailing 2021-2024
Channel: SailZing Online Sailing Education
Date: 2020-12-03

Having right of way doesn’t give you a blank check to affect other boats. The rules of Part 2, Section B – General Limitations – don’t change right of way, but they do limit the actions of right-of-way boats. We’ll cover Rule 14 and Rule 15 in this video. Read the acompanying SailZing.com article here:
https://sailzing.com/racing-rules-of-sailing-2021-2024-rules-14-15-avoiding-contact-right-of-way

In 2018, the Inland Lake Yachting Association (ILYA) and SailZing, LLC partnered on a Fair Sailing initiative. As part of this initiative, SailZing worked with the ILYA and UK Sailmakers to develop a series of articles on the rules. With the rules changes in 2021, SailZing is updating these articles and adding video summaries.

SEE ALSO:
Rules: WHEN BOATS MEET 
https://sailzing.com/category/rules-safety/racing-rules/part-2-when-boats-meet/

Rule 14 – Avoiding Contact
“A boat shall avoid contact with another boat if reasonably possible. However, a right-of-way boat or one sailing within the room or mark-room to which she is entitled need not act to avoid contact until it is clear that the other boat is not keeping clear or giving room or mark-room."

Rule 15 – Acquiring Right of Way

“When a boat acquires right of way, she shall initially give the other boat room to keep clear, unless she acquires right of way because of the other boat’s actions.”



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