Roger Long wrote:
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.


Based on the fact that the MF is a square rigged boat, it appears that
based on the set of the sails the wind is coming from the rear on the
port beam or about 220 to 230 degrees from the bow. In the pictures it
looks like the smaller boat is tacking into the wind on a tight reach.

If so from a simple boat to boat rules the smaller boat has the right of
way. Thing change when considering the size, channel, etc.

Is my wind analysis wrong?