My seamanship question #6
katy wrote:
Ellen MacArthur wrote:
Capt. JG said he sailed backwards for an hour. If another
sailboat was sailing directly
toward JGs transom would it be an overtaking situation? And would the
other sailboat have
to give way. How would it know if JG was sailing backwards or just
very slow forward.
Cheers,
Ellen
Overtaking is overtaking no matter what situation it is....
Otherwise it would be undertaking?
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