"Jeff" wrote
I would not, however, want this to indicate support for Bill's
position. At 25 knots he's going over 42 ft/sec; or 422 feet
in the
10 secs it took the sailboat to tack. It was reckless and in
obvious
violation of various rules to even be within 15 feet of a
sailboat
while going that fast. I would claim that the statement the
sailboat
"turned 15 feet in front of boat doing 25 knots" is a clear
indication
that the powerboater was not in full control of his faculties.


More than likely , as most powerboaters, he was drunk, too.