Question 1

The required penalties vary depending upon whether a boat is sailing 'on a leg of the course to a windward mark' or 'on a leg of the course to a leeward mark'. Because a boat has sailed beyond a mark, or because of a new wind direction, a boat could be sailing free to a mark that was intended to be a windward mark, or sailing close hauled to a mark that was intended to be a leeward mark. What penalties are then required?

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