"Ernest Scribbler" wrote in message
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40 foot sailboats sail very close to each other all the time when
racing, so it doesn't seem that unusual.

Maybe, but I consider myself pretty darn close when I'm less than a boat
length from somebody. The difference in a racing situation is you expect
other boats to be there and you have a pretty good idea where they're
planning to go, to say nothing of the fact that you'll seldom run into one
ten times your size.

I do also, but it's not all that unusual. However, I know I would not get
that close to 260' long boat if I could avoid it.

I don't think we have quite enough facts to decide who was primarily at
fault, but it seems to me that unless you're at anchor, sounding signals as
such, with the proper lights as required, AND you have six nuns aboard,
you're probably going to share some of the blame.

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