The stress-free and safest port-tack approach (above, at left), aka Tim's Lane, is a port layline that's just shy of the three-boatlength mark zone with a tack below any boats that are overstood.

Racing sailors frequently encounter situations where port and starboard tackers converge on the open racecourse. While the rules clearly give right of way to the starboard tacker, there’s often a ...

Many sailors believe that it’s best to avoid the port-tack layline whenever possible, simply because the rules are tricky. More often than not, the port-tacker leaves the protest room disappointed.