DSK wrote:
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As I make it out, if the two are both on starboard tack, and the
faster one (catching up) is heading 180 and the other 208, then the
one first one (catching up) will be to windward as they converge.
That gives the other boat a double right of way!


Yes, if this is converging, the slower boat is to leeward and is still
standon.

So what's the big deal? The boat "catching up" has to dodge the other
one, which is pretty much what everybody has said. If "Ellen M" has any
point-awarding authority then she should give everybody some.

Ellen mis-understands the rule and claims the heading imply this is
not overtaking. She get -100 points for not understanding her own quiz.