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2.
The buoy room rule applies when boats are rounding or
passing a buoy or an obstruction on a race course. You should
imagine a circle around a buoy – the radius of the circle is four
boat lengths (See Figure A). When your boat’s bow enters this
circle (See Figure B), you have the right of way (See Figure
C), unless the bow of another boat from behind you overlaps
the stern of your boat on the inside of the turn. If there is a boat
that has crossed this line on the inside of the turn and there is
an overlap (See Figure D), then your boat must yield to that
boat.
Buoy Room Rule
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