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Part 4 — When Boats Meet

Section B — General Limitations

48

LIMITATIONS ON EQUIPMENT AND CREW

48.1:

A boat shall use only the equipment on board at her preparatory signal.

48.2:

No person on board shall intentionally leave, except when ill or injured, or to help a person or vessel in danger, or to swim. A person leaving the boat by accident or to swim shall be back in contact with the boat before the crew resumes sailing the boat to the next mark.

Definitions in Context

Mark

An object the sailing instructions require a boat to leave on a specified side, a race committee vessel surrounded by navigable water from which the starting or finishing line extends, and an object intentionally attached to the object or vessel. However, an anchor line is not part of the mark.

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