Hi Keay
My 2 cents; R11 governs you and James' boat, and he has every right to luff you (giving you room and opportunity to keep clear) do defend against you rolling over him.
R17 governs you and Leah, if you establish an overlap to leeward within 2 boat lengths. You would not have luffing rights, and cannot sail above your proper course. However here your proper course is to avoid James to leeward, so no one is breaking any rules here, I think.
Tactically, you had a couple of other options. 1 was to flick your boom over to the other side, so now you're on starboard, to defend against James. Or, if you had about speed/puff, you could have reached up above Leah before establishing that overlap, and maybe rolled her (or been far left boat, then flicked the boom across, and pushed both boats over to the right and finished ahead of them that way. Just be sure to look ahead to R18 issues as you approach the finish line.
Your mileage, of course, may vary.
Looks like a fun day. I really need to get out sailing again some day
Mike Kennedy
Pariah #146
--- On Wed, 4/10/13, Keay Edwards <keay at keay3.net> wrote:
> From: Keay Edwards <keay at keay3.net>
> Subject: [Santana 22] Rules Question
> To: tuna at myfleet.org> Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 1:02 PM
> Hello All,
>> I posted this to the messages area of the Santana site,
> Jennifer thought it might be better to post directly to the
> list.
>>> Curious about what rules govern in this example of downwind
> to the line racing (see video link below). All three
> boats have rounded the weather mark are heading to the
> finish. My boat, the overtaking boat must keep clear
> so I steer to port of James's boat ( the one with the
> octopus). Leah's boat is to my port. Are all
> boats supposed to keep clear of each other once overlap is
> achieved? What if the boat to my port were to have
> sailed in to pinch me between James's boat ( or could James,
> being Leeward, have sailed up to push Leah and me away from
> the line)? We are all playing nice, but I am just
> curious what the implications are.
>> Here is a video illustrating the question:
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9U_N5CE8kw&feature=share&list=UUrv6Vwgvd4gTF6SecZW36pg>> Thanks for your thoughts,
>> Keay
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