On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:41:52 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Worst almost crash with a sailboat was couple of years ago, I am trolling
and he is coming out of the Alameda Estuary channel under power. Turns off
motor raises sails and turns 90 degrees 30' in front of me. He says he is
under sail. Should have called the CG on him and reported the bad manners.
Then if he is in a collision with another boat, there is bad marks against
him


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He probably thought he was changing form from power to sail as the
rules apply.
He, like a lot of other boaters, didn't realize that boat form (sail
or power) is locked in the first instant of someone realizing there is
a chance of collision or a crossing/overtaking situation.
Or then again, he could just have been an asshole.
Mark Williams