Tactical exercise:
All boats are in the starting position on the same wind ladder level. The port and starboard sailors are on a collision course on the way to the finish line.
The port sailors would make a big tactical mistake if they
would only follow the right-of-way position, namely tacks to the "left" side and
would not pay attention to the skewed finish line*.
The starboard sailors would first reach complete control of the port sailors. But then the port sailors would provoke a "leeward before windward battle" to reach the finish line first.
The finish line could be skewed as in this example, or the wind direction might have changed to the right on a “straight finish line”, so that the committee boat is favoured and the pin-end is hardly to be reached.
Conclusion:
The port sailors (red, gray, magenta) made a big tactical mistake, when they tacked to the left side. They will never be able to cross the finish line at the "pin-end".
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