On Wed, 01 Nov 2006 10:23:54 -0500, Jeff wrote:

Frank Boettcher wrote:
On Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:08:39 -0500, Jeff wrote:

a half mile of stuff snipped

You win Jeff, if that's what you want.

No Frank, its not about winning, its about setting the record
straight. I was thinking about this in a Chinese Food/Chocolate
induced stupor in the middle of the night and it became clear what
happened to you: Your engine died and you had to come into the marina
under sail, maybe singlehanded, clearly a stressful situation. You
assumed that anyone with half a brain would recognize your dilemma and
give you a wide berth. What you didn't count on was teenagers, who in
fact don't have half a brain. What ensued you haven't shared, but
clearly you survived.

This part I'll answer since you seem to be interested in the outcome.
As I approached the rock breakwater on a port tack at the most narrow
point in the channel with a critical need to tack over and the
Sunfish (two) approached me yelling starboard on a run I gave them a
signal, hand and verbal, that you will not find in Chapman's, ColRegs
or any other text. It was a clear indication of what might happen to
them if they didn't clear the area. I then tacked over, and, low and
behold, they they got out of the way.

It's a city owned harbor. Had the harbor master caught them they
would have been cited and fined. Had the Junior sailing instructor at
the GYC seen them they would have been suspended from the program had
they been in it.


This has absolutely nothing to do with the ColRegs or common sense.
Its about you having a stressful moment at the hands of witless kids,
that's all. We've all been there. In spite of all your claims, I
said nothing that could be construed as meaning you should have run up
on the rocks.

This part I won't answer in deference not going there again.

FWIW, most of the truly interesting ColRegs questions do revert to
common sense, that's what Rule 2 is all about. Its just that before
reverting to Rule 2 it's appropriate to consider the more specific rules.