OzOne wrote:
Hint please :-)

One of the answers given already should be hint enough. Since Neal
claims to know the answer (even though this was a few decades before a
woman taught him how to sail) I'll hold of on giving the answer until
Neal enlightens us. BTW, I've spent I lot of time scouring the net for
old rules and haven't found much, so I wouldn't recommend Google. I've
had better luck finding old text books at used bookstores and yard sales.

As I've said before, this a situation in the sailing rules where the
standon/giveway relationship has been reversed. In other words, if you
learned the rules before 1972 (or whenever your country adopted the
recent Colregs) you would have to relearn them.