What the fork does any of this thread have to do with alt.sailing.asa?






Capt. Neal® wrote:
Rule 11
Rules in this section apply to vessels in sight of one
another.
Rule 12
(a) When two sailing vessels are approaching one
another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall
keep out of the way of the other as follows:

when each has the wind on a different side, the vessel
which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of
the other;
when both have the wind on the same side, the vessel
which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is
to leeward;
if a vessel with the wind on the port side sees a vessel
to windward and cannot determine with certainty whether the other
vessel has the wind on the port or on the starboard side, she shall keep
out of the way of the other.

(b) For the purposes of this Rule the windward side
shall be deemed to be the side opposite that on which the mainsail is
carried or, in the case of a square-rigged vessel, the
side opposite to that on which the largest fore-and-aft
sail is carried.
Pretty simple, isn't it?

Most interesting to me is this part:

"when both have the wind on the same side, the vessel
which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is
to leeward;"
This says if one sailboat is overtaking another and both
have the wind on the same side, then the sailboat to weather is the
give way vessel.
This tells me that the overtaking rule where the
overtaken vessel is always the stand-on vessel does not
apply to sailboats.
CN