[Boasun]

These may be points to argue in the courts.
1. Single handing, there will come a time where you are totally exhausted and need to sleep. Thus you are incapacitated through the exhaustion and your vessel is no longer under command.
2. By displaying the appropriate signal for Not Under Command you are indicating that your vessel can not maneuver as may be required. (due to your exhaustion.)
3. Due to your exhaustion you can no longer abide by Rule 5.
4. Add the extenuating circumstances are whether your vessel is hoved too or sailing under auto pilot. This would have to discussed also.
You would think that there should be appropriate day/night signals for the solo sailor. And at the present time The only one that even comes close to fitting the situation is the "Not Under Command" signals and maybe "Restricted in Maneuverbility."
Should there be a separated signal strictly for the solo sailors?
But then would we be able to start a tradition of displaying such signals when we are exhausted? One solo sailor (was in a collision with a ship) was admonished by the courts for not maintaining a proper lookout. He was not displaying any signal what so ever. Could it have help him in a court of law if he did so?
So we should be asking ourselves these questions and maybe asking the learned Judges of the courts these questions also and hopefully set a precedent to our favor.

What do you think??
What does the Race Committees of those single handed races around the world and across the seas think? Or do they even have an opinion on this?