by euphoria » 26 Mar 2020 23:33
Hi Guys,
Just to clarify, this is the requirements for hails according to the VSK TR Appendix D.2.1.b linked from the menu of the site:
(1) hail ‘P’ in the VSK chat for a situation where VSK assigned a penalty, and the protestor and the protestee are the two boats refered to in the VSK call, or
(2) hail ‘P Boatname’ in the VSK chat for any other protest
So for this case it is sufficient to hail P, if the protest is made by Zez or Ilya. Normally we sail as gentlemen, and it's not necessary with a screenshot as evidence. If this was a more important competition like WTRC, then it would be different.
To the case, the reaction time of Zez is very good, less than a second, that is for sure good enough.
But after starting to turn to starboard, Zez centers his rudder half a second, before he continues to turn.
This was a mistake, and he is therefore using more room than necessary, and can't be exonerated for his breach of rule 10 (see Jiel comment).
Without the hesitation, Zez would have been ok, and probably Ilya would have given required room also...
+6p for Zez in this race.
Harald