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Old 08-28-2018, 03:59 PM   #62
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Back to the mishap, from the picture of the aftermath, one would assume the boats were both traveling in their now entangled directions leading up to the crash. And we assume that the sail boat was exclusively under sail. If both those assumptions are true, then the sailboat had priority and the power boat should have given way.


But we don't really know what lead up to this. For example, I have seen many sail boats tack in close quarters, creating a collision risk where one didn't exist before. Many seem to think that it's the burdened vessel's job to dodge them no matter what they do, failing to understand that they have an equal responsibility to maintain course and speed until the collision risk has passed. If something like that happened, then it's a different story.


Or maybe the boats were approaching each other in a very different manner, and their attempt to avoid a collision resulted in the pictured entanglement. Who knows.
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