Without knowing all the particulars (i.e., being there) it's hard to tell
who did what to whom.
At any rate, my guess is that it was just one of those circumstances we may
all run into that's mainly kept in the memory banks for future possible
incidents, where we can now think of another possibility of what may happen.



"Roger Long" wrote in message
...
I wish my point could point well enough to have come left. I'd win every
race I entered!

The easiest action for the ferry to have taken would have been a slight
diversion to the middle of the channel. There was not other traffic that
would have been a factor.

She may have assumed that I would tack to stay in the channel so as to
keep at least 20' of water under my keel

--

Roger Long