Oh, I like this! Quoting the man who wrote a book titled "Mine's bigger
than yours.",

""right-of-way" doesn't apply when one of the vessels is restricted by sheer
size."

That's not in any rules I ever read. If MF was in a channel and unable to
change course then he would have a defense. OTOH, if the smaller vessel
tacked into a right of way position before MF could reasonably respond,
which is somewhat a size issue, than she was not actually the stand on
vessel.

I hope those of you on the west coast will keep us updated on this.

--
Roger Long