3. Contact with buoys rule
A boat that makes contact with a buoy must sail away from the
fleet, out of the way of other boats, and do a 360-degree penalty
turn(figure E). After the penalty turn, the boat may resume racing.
If the boat hits the buoy on the wrong side of the buoy, it must re-
round the buoy on the correct side before doing the 360-degree
penalty turn (figure E1).
The correct side
The wrong side
The course sailed after hitting the wrong side.
Figure E1
Figure E