"They went into effect on January 1," she said. "Three lengths. I agree with all your facts, and I was entitled to room." The big imaginary balloon over her head said, "Nyah nyah!" "Funny how the book always switches to blue when there's, like, a Democratic administration," Lee observed. "Do we even need to deliberate on this one?" asked Miles. "Looks like an open and shut case." "Yes," advised Lee. "We need to talk. Now if you will excuse us."
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oxanne and I joined our witnesses in the bar while we waited for final word from the Protest Committee. But I had to tell Mark that it looked pretty grim for us. "It's been two lengths for 44 years!" complained Mark. "Ever since the 1965 revision. I guess that's what I get for not being a member of US Sailing and not getting my new rulebook mailed to me automatically every time a new edition comes out."
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"What other changes did they sneak in on us?" I asked Phil. "Rule 18 is the big one," said Roxanne. "Completely restructured. Now there are separate rules for marks and for obstructions. And continuing obstructions are different from point obstructions. "The old rule 19, the one about calling for room to tack, is now rule 20. The new rule 19 is only for room at obstructions. There's no zone in rule 19, and it applies at obstructions that are not marks, continuing obstructions, and continuing obstructions that are marks, but not at starting marks even if they are also
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IN THE ZONE
If you think parts of the racing rules are complicated, you're not alone. This diagram shows how various rules interact.
obstructions. But if non-continuing obstructions are marks then rule 18, with the three-length zone, still applies." "And they expect us to keep track of different rules for each of these different situations?" I asked. "It's really a lot simpler than it
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