Room at the Mark

Rules
  1. A penalized boat may delay taking a penalty within the limitations of rule C7.3 and shall take it as follows:
    1. When on a leg of the course to a windward mark , she shall gybe and, as soon as reasonably possible, luff to a close-hauled course.
    2. When on a leg of the course to a leeward mark or the finishing line, she shall tack and, as soon as reasonably possible, bear away to a course that is more than ninety degrees from the true wind.