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Part 2 — When Boats Meet
If a boat clear astern becomes overlapped within two of her hull lengths to leeward of a boat on the same tack, she shall not sail above her proper course while they remain on the same tack and overlapped within that distance, unless in doing so she promptly sails astern of the other boat.
Rule 16
When a right-of-way boat changes course, she shall give the other boat room to keep clear . In addition, on a beat to windward when a port-tack boat is keeping...
Rule 18
- (a) Rule 18 applies between boats when they are required to leave a mark on the same side and at least one of them is in the zone . However, it does not apply...
