Tut tut! approaching one another means 'to move nearer to.'

It cannot be denied that the two vessels are moving nearer
to one another when they are approaching one another.
Relative speeds of the vessels does not matter.

CN

"Wally" wrote in message k...
"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message

(a) When two sailing vessels are approaching one another. . .

Does that statement not include overtaking?

One sailing vessel could be said to be approaching the other, but not the
other way round - they're both heading in the same direction, and the notion
of 'approach' rests in one travelling faster than the other.