We’re finishing!

1. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! We’re finishing! Section Start Main Menu

2. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! The committee boat is anchored at the next mark and flies a blue flag. What does this mean? This race committee boat is in position at the finishing line Section Start Main Menu

3. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! Stationed at the next mark, the race committee is signalling that the course is shortened. How it’s done Section Start Main Menu

4. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! Stationed at the next mark, the race committee is signalling that the course is shortened. Section Start Main Menu

5. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! Has Green finished? YES – a part of her hull has crossed the finishing line Section Start Main Menu

6. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! Red clearly touches a finishing mark in the act of crossing the finishing line. She sails on back to the shore. Has she finished? YES – but if she is protested, she will be disqualified Section Start Main Menu

7. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! Red touches a finishing mark in the act of crossing the finishing line. She tacks and gybes round the mark. Has she finished the second time she crosses the finishing line? YES – she has taken a penalty and it does not matter that she loops the mark. Section Start Main Menu

8. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! RED does not keep clear of GREEN at the finishing line. RED does not take any penalty, and heads for the shore. Has RED finished? YES – but if she is protested, she will be disqualified. Section Start Main Menu

9. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! RED does not keep clear of GREEN at the finishing line. RED takes a two turn penalty, rounding the finishing mark in the process. Has she finished? Yes, provided that, as here, she sails to the course side of the line before finishing (rule 44.2). Section Start Main Menu

10. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! BLUE’s course is as shown. She then returns to the shore. Has BLUE finished? NO – she has not crossed the finishing line in the direction of the course from the last mark. Score her DNF. Section Start Main Menu

11. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! BLUE ‘hooks round’ the finishing mark, and then luffs and crosses the finishing line. She sails for the shore. Has she now finished? YES, the moment she first crosses the finishing line in the direction of the course from the last mark. But she can be protested for not sailing the course, because her ‘string’ is on the wrong side of the finishing mark. Section Start Main Menu

12. Start Section Start show We’re finishing! BLUE ‘hooks round’ the finishing mark, and crosses the finishing line. She luffs and sails back over the finishing line and then back round the mark. She then crosses the finishing line for the third time. Has she now finished? Yes, because she crosses it in the right direction ‘after correcting an error made at the finishing line’, and she now has correct ‘string’. Section Start Main Menu

13. Start Section Start show We’re Finishing! In fact, we’ve finished this section – apart from one last question. This is a down-wind finish. Is RED entitled to mark-room from GREEN at the finishing vessel, which is surrounded by navigable water? • No • Yes • Only if she hails for room Section Start Main Menu

14. Start Section Start show We’re Finishing! In fact, we’ve finished this section – apart from one last question. This is a down-wind finish. Is RED entitled to mark-room from GREEN at the finishing vessel, which is surrounded by navigable water? • No • Yes • Only if she hails for room Section Start Main Menu

15. GOING BY THE RULES What’s cooking?