12. Facts found: Tom's Revenge was sitting close-hauled on starboard with his sails luffing in 10 knots of breeze as shown at left. Teddy-O was crossing Tom's Revenge by about one boatlength, starting on port. At the start signal, Tom's Revenge and Teddy-O were 2 lengths apart. At this moment, Tom's Revenge sheeted in and his boat moved ahead and collided with Teddy-O causing some damage. Both boats lodged valid protests.

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Decision: Rule 16 does not apply since Tom's Revenge did not change course. Teddy-O is disqualified under rule 10 (port/starboard), and Tom's Revenge is DSQ under rule 14 (Avoiding Contact).

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case #13
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