Capt. JG wrote:
Name three as applicable to the original question.
Catch up on his freedom fries of boat 1, catch-up on reading on boat
two, boat two is a Ketch w sails up ie: catching up.
Easy Jon.
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"Scotty" wrote in message
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Lots of times.
"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Really? When does "catching up" not mean that?
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"Scotty" wrote in message
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No.
"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Doesn't "catching up" imply that there's a situation
developing?
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"Scotty" wrote in message
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And without knowing the speed of the two boats, this
is
a
dumb question.
SBV
"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Well, true, but she did say catching up, and I took
that
to mean a possible
collision. The overtaken needs to hold his course.
The
one
overtaking needs
to change course, slow down, whatever.
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"katy" wrote in message
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Capt. JG wrote:
How do you figure? If one boat is being
overtaken,
in
this scenario,
that's pretty much the end of the story. Speed
isn't
an
issue.
because if the speeds were such one could
conceivably
pass by the other
without any course adjustments being needed....