BC vs. Georgetown

Agreed that mark is insignificant because Rule 18 doesn't apply to this situation (opposite tacks on a beat to windward), but there is still no foul in this situation if charlie's alteration continued so that contact never happened between he and annie and/or he and the mark.

too bad annie doesn't know the rules

Agreed with the most recent coward. It is hard to tell through the video, however, just how much distance was between the boats through the whole manouver, since contact never occured. I agree that boat 6's continued alteration and not making contact with 18 gives 18 room to keep clear as well, provided 18 did not have to avoid while 6 was subject to rule 13.

Since there is no restriction on how fast the R-O-W boat can alter course so long as 18 is not passing astern, why could 18 not have tacked? This too is an option that boat 6 gives 18 to keep clear.

This is a clear example of a 16.1 breach by a ROW boat on an upwind beat. Flag boat 6. (Unfortunately no umpire call was made)

Why? At the last instant boat 6's tiller was straight (not altering course) - boat 18 appeared to be crossing and thus keeping clear.
From then on, boat 6's tiller is always to leeward (altering course towards 18) and it is not clear that 18 is no longer keeping clear until immediately prior to contact. At this point, boat 18 has no opportunity to keep clear.
Call D3 is irrelevant. It does not even address rule 16.

This one's always a sitcky issue. I would say that it could be argued that Annie did have an out by tacking away, see call D3. In particular the part where a boat that has gained the right of way can comply with giving room to keep clear by altering course herself.

If 6 alters by heading up and then 18 responds to keep clear by tacking as opposed to not trying to cross, 6 can give room by continuing to alter away from 18 as needed.
I'm not saying that is the right move or that it was even doable, but it is another way that both boats could have complied with the rules.

I believe the reason A is penalized in E3 is because they continued to alter their course after X had past head to wind. Similar to the example in the video.

Anonymous coward, what rules do you sail under? ...... Or are you telling me that when a port boat is crossing you would keep altering course up to a second before you hit them? Charlie broke 16.1. See team racing call E3.

Anonymous coward, what rules do you sail under? She was keeping clear, then he kept altering course until she was in a position where nothing that she could have done would have have enabled her to keep clear. If he was altering course towards her at around one second proior to hitting her (time it for yourself) it's his foul. Or are you telling me that when a port boat is crossing you would keep altering course up to a second before you hit them? Charlie broke 16.1. See team racing call E3.