Tacking in the Zone
A boat that tacks from port to starboard in the zone gets no mark-room from a starboard boat fetching the mark — and must not make her sail above close-hauled.
Under rule 18.3, if a boat passes head to wind from port to starboard tack in the zone of a mark to be left to port, rule 18.2 stops applying between her and a starboard-tack boat that is fetching the mark — tacking in the zone earns her no mark-room. And because the other boat has been on starboard since entering the zone, the tacker must not cause her to sail above close-hauled to avoid contact, and must give her mark-room if she becomes overlapped inside. Rule 13 also applied while she was tacking. Tacking in the zone and demanding room is a classic foul.
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How it interacts with other rules
- Rule 13 — While Tacking · see also
While tacking she had no rights until back on a close-hauled course.
- Rule 18 — Mark-Room at a Windward Mark · see also
Between same-tack boats overlapped at the zone, the outside boat gives room.