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

Start show Start Section 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 Main Menu Section Start 2

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

Start show Start Section We’re finishing! Stationed at the next mark, the race committee is signalling that the course is shortened. Main Menu Section Start 5

Start show Start Section We’re finishing! Has Green finished? YES – a part of her hull has crossed the finishing line Main Menu Section Start 7

Start show Start Section 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 Main Menu Section Start 9

Start show Start Section 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. Main Menu Section Start 11

Start show Start Section 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. Main Menu Section Start 13

Start show Start Section 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). Main Menu Section Start 15

Start show Start Section 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. Main Menu Section Start 17

Start show Start Section 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. Main Menu Section Start 19

Start show Start Section 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’. Main Menu Section Start 21

Start show Start Section 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? 1. No 2. Yes 3. Only if she hails for room Main Menu Section Start 23

Start show Start Section 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? 1. No 2. Yes 3. Only if she hails for room Main Menu Section Start 24

GOING BY THE RULES What’s cooking? THE MAIN COURSE Basically and Fundamentally… We’re racing! We’re starting! We’re rounding! We’re taking turns! STARTERS What’s new for 2009 – quick guide What’s new for 2009 – in detail INGREDIENTS Reading the signals Major definitions in action We’re finishing! The Racing Rules of Sailing We’re unhappy! The Definitions 25