Appendix B
WINDSURFING COMPETITION RULES
does not include room to tack unless she is overlapped inside and to windward of the board required to give mark-room and she would be fetching the mark after her tack. Tack, Starboard or Port A board is on the tack, starboard or port, corresponding to the competitor’s hand that would be nearer the mast if the competitor were in normal sailing position with both hands on the wishbone and arms not crossed. A board is on starboard tack when the competitor’s right hand would be nearer the mast and is on port tack when the competitor’s left hand would be nearer the mast. The definition Zone is deleted. Add the following definitions: About to Round or Pass A board is about to round or pass a mark when her proper course is to begin to manoeuvre to round or pass it. Capsized A board is capsized when her sail or the competitor is in the water. B1 CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 1 [No changes.] B2 CHANGES TO THE RULES OF PART 2 13 WHILE TACKING Rule 13 is changed to: After a board passes head to wind, she shall keep clear of other boards until her sail has filled. During that time rules 10, 11 and 12 do not apply. If two boards are subject to this rule at the same time, the one on the other’s port side or the one astern shall keep clear. 16 CHANGING COURSE Add new rule 16.3: 16.3 When, at the warning signal, the course to the first mark is ninety degrees or more from the true wind, a right-of-way board shall not change course during the last minute before her starting signal if as a result the other board would need to take immediate action to avoid contact.
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