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Default My seamanship question #3

DSK wrote:
Ellen MacArthur wrote:
You go sailing (not racing) in an Optimist pram. You're going
north. The east wind is right on your starboard beam.
Up ahead you see a Hobie Cat 14 sailing fast flying a hull and
he's headed right at your bow (he's going south). He changes course to
the west and you change course to the east. Did you act the way
the colregs tell you to?



No. ColRegs clearly state that 180# men are not allowed in Optimist prams.

DSK

Most people (under the age of 8) that would sail an Optimist pram
wouldn't have the reading level to read ColRegs...they'd just be
grateful that they didn't do a tippy....