by euphoria » 12 Apr 2020 10:40
I agree that Jiel has to give Mac room to put his bow to leeward of euphoria.
Maybe he use a little too much room, but it's not a race changer.
In any case, Jiel did not break any rule, as he did not forced contact (thank you), so Red won the race. I remove the protest tag.
But Oliver, in this situation, it's a better tactic to not volunteer to take a penalty, and instead test the situation in the protest room.
By taking a pen turn, blue has lost the race, being 2 5 6 with a big gap from boat 4 to 5...
I was 2 and leeward to Nik, so I could force him to tack, which would have made us 1 2 or 1 3.
Harald