1. Bob could be sailing back to his slip while Mooron could
be just passing Stamford, but sailing much faster and on the
same heading. No situation, as Bob never sails more than a
mile from his slip and he'll be back , shackled in screening
a movie before Mooron even gets close.

2. I'm sailing 180* at 6.4 kts,15 miles behind me, Katy is
sailing 180* at 6.6 kts, she's catching me but there is no
situation to be worried about.

3. Loco is 300 feet from the windward mark, Doug is 1/4 mile
behind but catching up. Loco is not worried about the
situation.

SBV



"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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Name three as applicable to the original question.

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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....