the Mississauga SC Wayfarer/CL16 Regatta dinner & protest hearing at Mark's - 2 by Uncle Al et al ........

Sunset over the Lakeshore YC spit ........

Lovely wind patterns on ...   - click here for larger image ........

... the water   - click here for larger image ........

Alex Rahn: Wouldn't it be nice to be this young and handsome??!! ........

Peter and Alex with Sue Pilling, Al's crew for this event ........

Heather Junkin, Bill Taylor and Paul's wife, Naomi ........

Mark and son, Thomas ........

The Protest Hearing

(l to r) Nick (protestor), Al (Protest Committee Chair), Mark and Kit (Protest Committee), Rob Wierdsma (protestor) Alcohol was not involved!! ........

Mark pets the Appeals Committee. ........

Uncle Al explains the decision in this interestingly complex case. Facts found: Nick (10862) was approaching the finish line near the pin end on starboard tack and was forced to luff up to keep clear of 7372, Rob Wierdsma who was about to pass the mark on port tack side by side with 1820, Colin Junkin. Rob luffed up into Colin while asking for room to keep clear of 10862. Rob also luffed but Colin was unable to luff up without hitting the mark. Decision: Both 1820 and 7372 had a duty to keep clear of 10862 since they were on port and Nick was on starboard at a windward mark where mark room (rule 18) does not apply between boats on opposite tacks. Between 1820 and 7372 rule 18 did apply because they were on the same tack. As the three boats converged, Starboard (10862) became an obstruction to both 7372 and 1820. Being to leeward of 1820, 7372 was entitled to choose one of two ways to pass the obstruction: he could pass astern of 10862 but would then have to give 1820 room to do likewise; or 7372 could hail 1820 for room to tack to avoid the obstruction (rule 20). But 7372 did not do this. Therefore, 1820 was under no obligation to get out of 7372's way. (Note: Even had 7372 hailed, he would have had to do so "in good time", i.e. leaving enough time for 1820 to be able to react in a seamanlike manner, and in fact enough time (see relevant appeal) to allow the hailing boat to repeat the hail if the first one was not heard. Hailing when 1820 was already overlapped with the mark, would definitely have been far too late!! Thus 7372 broke rule 10 (port-starboard) and is disqualified. Rule 14 also applied but no one broke it because everyone did what they could to avoid the collision. ........

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