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Section C — Match Racing Rules

Match races shall be sailed under The Racing Rules of Sailing as changed by this appendix. Matches shall be umpired unless the notice of race or sailing instructions state otherwise.

Note: A Standard Notice of Race, Standard Sailing Instructions, and Match Racing Rules for Visually Impaired Sailors are available on the World Sailing website.

C2.7

Rule 16.2 is changed to:

16.2 In addition, when boats on opposite tacks are sailing to a mark that is to windward of them, the starboard-tack boat shall not bear away to a course that is more than ninety degrees from the true wind and that is below her proper course, if as a result the port-tack boat must change course immediately to continue keeping clear.

Definitions in Context

Keep Clear

A boat keeps clear of a right-of-way boat (a) if the right-of-way boat can sail her course with no need to take avoiding action and, (b) when the boats are overlapped, if the right-of-way boat can also change course in both directions without immediately making contact.

Proper Course

A course a boat would choose in order to sail the course as quickly as possible in the absence of the other boats referred to in the rule using the term. A boat has no proper course before her starting signal.

Rule C2.6

Rule 13 is changed to: **13 WHILE TACKING OR GYBING** 13.1 After a boat passes head to wind, she shall keep clear of other boats until she is on a close-hauled...

Rule C2.8

Rule 17 is deleted.

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