"Wally" wrote in message
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Even if the windward boat was close-hauled, he can always tack away if he
can't point higher to avoid the stand-on vessel. If you'd ever been
racing,
you'd see this happen a dozen or more times in every race.

Ah, but Neal isn't a racer, and he has stated on many occasions that racers
aren't real sailors. He'd brown his bermudas if he ever had to maneuver in
close quarters with other boats at a start line.

John Cairns