of course we don't know whether the sail boat was also motoring, and that would completely reverse who is stand-on and give-way.
At the risk of being pedantic, everyone on this forum should have at least one copy of the "rules" on their boat, and not a bad idea to have a second at home for reference. And should read it all at least once, then refer back to it on a regular basis.
Give-way and stand-on are not as simple as many people think, and lots of common advice/belief is wrong, or incomplete. For example, commercial vs non commercial is utterly irrelevant. And many cases of boats thought to have privilege due to circumstances, size, etc., don't unless they have explicitly declared it, are lit accordingly, and are displaying day shapes accordingly.
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