Win the pre-start, win the match

Two boats, one start line, umpires on the water. Enter from your end at the preparatory signal, fight for control in the box, and hit the line at the gun. Then beat to the windward mark and run back to finish.

Steer with ← → or A D. Hold ↓ or S to luff the sails and slow down. Press T to tack or gybe and E to hoist or drop the spinnaker. The clock starts 20 s before the preparatory signal. Be outside your end at 4:00 (C4.1), then cross the line from the course side, between the ends, by 2:00 (C4.2). During the pre-start the water is shaded: green is the Playground right of the committee boat (where you escape and circle), orange is the Box, red is left of the pin layline. The umpire calls rules 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18 (mark-room, 2-length zone), 22 and 31, plus over-early at the gun. Leave the windward mark to starboard. Penalty turns (C7.2), only after you start and outside the mark zone: on the beat, gybe and come back to close-hauled; on the run, drop the kite, tack and bear away past 90°. A penalty on each boat cancels out.

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