Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Jeff" wrote
| The Colregs give no particular guidance on this.


Wrong Jeff! There's definitely at least one rule covering it.

Cheers,
Ellen
Well, of course they both acted to avoid the collision, but whether to
turn left or right is not in the rules. The Opti was standon, but the
way you told it the Hobie bore off so the Opti was free to do
whatever. You could claim that the Opti should have held its course,
but if that's what you were looking for you should have worded it
differently.