Case 5: In the photo below, W6 and W7380 are about to round the leeward mark.
Can W6 claim an inside overlap here, even though the boats are on opposite tacks?
If so, do these boats look like they are overlapped?

Answer: Yes. The term overlap applies to boats on opposite tacks when they are about to pass or round a mark (i.e. rule 18 applies). W6 likely has an overlap on W7380 because the latter is sailing at such an angle to W6's course. At least part of W6's hull and equipment appears to be forward of an imaginary line drawn abeam "through the aftermost point of W7380's hull and equipment in normal position". The trick, of course, will be for W6 to get there in time to take the room he's entitled to. The relative lengths of the masts in the photo indicate that W7380 is actually well ahead of W6 here.

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