Hailing for Mark Room is Not Required when one boat has rights at a mark.
Rule 18 (Mark-Room) begins to apply between two boats when the first one enters the zone at a mark. The rule says the outside or clear astern boat must provide mark-room.
Note that rule 18 never requires an inside or clear ahead boat to make any...
This one’s a classic: If you’re the outside boat of a group approaching the leeward mark and blindly carry on with pace, you’ll sail extra distance in bad air, carry wide around the mark, and then exit in a terrible lane.
This is one of the rare times when it pays to slow down and let other boats move ahead.
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