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16-06-2014, 08:28
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On Starboard or Port Tack?
Is this boat on a port tack or starboard tack?
Seems the mainsail is the one closest to the stern, so I believe it is on a starboard back.
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16-06-2014, 08:35
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
ticky bit of a situation. But I agree, it is on a starboard tack. Following applies if you're confused. Colregs rule 12
12. Sailing vessels
Two sailing vessels approaching one another must give-way as follows:
Port gives way to Starboard. When each has the wind on a different side, the vessel which has the wind to port must give way;
Windward gives way to leeward. When both have the wind on the same side, the vessel which is windward must give way to the vessel which is leeward;
Unsure port gives way. If a vessel, with the wind on the port side, sees a vessel to windward and cannot determine whether the other vessel has the wind on the port or the starboard side, they must give way.
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16-06-2014, 08:41
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
In racing when coming up against a downwind boat we usually looked to see which side the boom for the mainsail was on.
Not sure on that one though.
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16-06-2014, 09:20
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
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Originally Posted by lifeofreilly57
In racing when coming up against a downwind boat we usually looked to see which side the boom for the mainsail was on.
Not sure on that one though.
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The rules are clear, if you are unsure then if YOU are on a port tack , you give way.
Hence you don't always have to determine the others aspect.
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16-06-2014, 09:56
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
There's no doubt that he's on a starboard tack, but what would you call that rig?
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16-06-2014, 10:01
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
Starboard. Defined by the boom/aft mainsail being on the port side.
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16-06-2014, 10:06
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
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Originally Posted by ryon
There's no doubt that he's on a starboard tack, but what would you call that rig?
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I'd call it a cat ketch Freedom rig with a mizzen staysail. Just guessing.
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16-06-2014, 10:10
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
The hull design looks like a Freedom 40.
It was marketed as a cat ketch.
That would indicate a main and a mizzen.
If that's the case, port tack.
Ask Garry Hoyt, he designed them
ps - Hud, you beat me to it, at least it looks like a Freedom to two of us lol.
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16-06-2014, 10:19
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
I thought it was a schooner rig too. Found another view with a different perspective. Looks like the rear mast is very slightly shorter than the one forward. So it is a ketch on a port tack. That is one confusing yet very interesting rig.
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16-06-2014, 10:35
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
I think on the first photo the boat is DDW with the main centered. On the second photo of the boat it is on a port tack (still pretty much DDW but off just a little)
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16-06-2014, 10:45
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
2nd pic, definitely port tack
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16-06-2014, 10:49
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Just avoid them, obviously slightly eccentric with that rig, no telling how they'll react. :-)
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16-06-2014, 10:59
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The boat is a freedom 40 with a cat- ketch rig. On a port tack
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16-06-2014, 11:17
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
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Originally Posted by sailorboy1
I think on the first photo the boat is DDW with the main centered. ----
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sb1 I don't follow. What sail are you considering to be the mainsail?
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16-06-2014, 11:23
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Re: on starboard or port tack?
Quote:
Originally Posted by FSMike
sb1 I don't follow. What sail are you considering to be the mainsail?
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its a cat -ketch, the mainmast is the forward one.
dave
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