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Rule 39 (proposed)
Racing Vessels
(a) Any sailing vessel whilst engaged in racing shall not comply with any other rules.
(b) All racing vessels must fly a racing burgee from her backstay.
(c) Sound signals. At every given opportunity crews must hurl abuse at any vessel that impedes her progress by shouting “we’re racing”
(d) All racing vessels, providing she complies with 39 (b), may pass as close as she sees fit to any other vessel and from any direction. All such other vessels shall at all times take avoiding action and should a collision occur the racing vessel will be deemed to be in the right because they were “racing”
(e) If possible, all racing vessels shall at all times, try their hardest to impede the progress of large vessels operating in narrow channels or day sailors out for a “jolly” after all one is only working commercially and the other is of no importance because in both cases they are not racing.
(f) Should a racing vessel be forced to change course because of the incompetence of either commercial traffic or day sailors she may lodge a complaint with the race protest committee for redress quoting this rule.
Notes.
The above rule is designed to take account of the current situation that exists in the racing world. For many years racing sailors have had to put up with total incompetence of commercial skippers, pilots, and day cruisers.
There has up until now been a total lack of understanding of how racing sailors should be allowed total freedom to go wherever they want when they want, after all they are racing. Unfortunately pilots of 80,000 ton bulk gas carriers operating in narrow channels do not understand that to put a racing vessel off course will mean the loss of places when all they have to do is stop and wait until the racers have passed.
As for family day cruisers, the IMO consider that to expose young children to a more colourful version of the English language when a close encounter situation occurs can only be a good thing.
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Racing Vessels
(a) Any sailing vessel whilst engaged in racing shall not comply with any other rules.
(b) All racing vessels must fly a racing burgee from her backstay.
(c) Sound signals. At every given opportunity crews must hurl abuse at any vessel that impedes her progress by shouting “we’re racing”
(d) All racing vessels, providing she complies with 39 (b), may pass as close as she sees fit to any other vessel and from any direction. All such other vessels shall at all times take avoiding action and should a collision occur the racing vessel will be deemed to be in the right because they were “racing”
(e) If possible, all racing vessels shall at all times, try their hardest to impede the progress of large vessels operating in narrow channels or day sailors out for a “jolly” after all one is only working commercially and the other is of no importance because in both cases they are not racing.
(f) Should a racing vessel be forced to change course because of the incompetence of either commercial traffic or day sailors she may lodge a complaint with the race protest committee for redress quoting this rule.
Notes.
The above rule is designed to take account of the current situation that exists in the racing world. For many years racing sailors have had to put up with total incompetence of commercial skippers, pilots, and day cruisers.
There has up until now been a total lack of understanding of how racing sailors should be allowed total freedom to go wherever they want when they want, after all they are racing. Unfortunately pilots of 80,000 ton bulk gas carriers operating in narrow channels do not understand that to put a racing vessel off course will mean the loss of places when all they have to do is stop and wait until the racers have passed.
As for family day cruisers, the IMO consider that to expose young children to a more colourful version of the English language when a close encounter situation occurs can only be a good thing.
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