That’s when you’re on starboard tack approaching a shoreline with other boats on the same tack around you which ordinarily would prevent you from tacking onto port tack. However, since you have to tack to avoid grounding, by calling “water” to those boats you have the right to tack onto port tack and they must avoid you, thereby over riding the usual ‘boats on port tack must give way to those on starboard tack’.
Thanks, great coverage here and on the live feed of the starts.
Very excited to see Matt Sheahan’s review of the cowes week that will be organized soon in Abu Dhabi 🤩
Hi great content, would be good if you correctly titled it Day 2!
what does it mean to "call water"?
That’s when you’re on starboard tack approaching a shoreline with other boats on the same tack around you which ordinarily would prevent you from tacking onto port tack. However, since you have to tack to avoid grounding, by calling “water” to those boats you have the right to tack onto port tack and they must avoid you, thereby over riding the usual ‘boats on port tack must give way to those on starboard tack’.
@@nickc9375 Thanks for the excellent explanation
Funny to call it racing when they are going 6-7 mph
Too much repetition