Let me see that again.....must be trick photos.
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paulj
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paulj
Whaaat......rules of the road
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There is more to this story than meets the eye. Take a look at the article on sailinganarchy and the link to the discussion. Apparently, the smaller boat tacked from port to starboard, not leaving the larger vessel time to maneuver.
Paulj, enjoyed the "movie"
but you might be crossing the line with the copywrite laws to not credit Lyon's Photography for their product. It is probably better to link to the photographer's site than to import to photobucket and post that link.
Just sayin'.
but you might be crossing the line with the copywrite laws to not credit Lyon's Photography for their product. It is probably better to link to the photographer's site than to import to photobucket and post that link.
Just sayin'.
Right of way.
As I understand the rules, as two sailboats approach a crossing path the one with it's boom on the port side has the right of way. It looks from the photo that the small boat had it's boom to port. Of course, if the guy was stupid enough to turn to port right in the path of the bigger and passing boat he asks for all he got.
As I understand the rules, as two sailboats approach a crossing path the one with it's boom on the port side has the right of way. It looks from the photo that the small boat had it's boom to port. Of course, if the guy was stupid enough to turn to port right in the path of the bigger and passing boat he asks for all he got.
Rules vs common sense
I hear this all the time about "I have the right of way and am not going to alter my course" I even heard a tugboat pulling barge call the USCG concerning a near miss and then the near misser and he got into an argument on the radio about who had the right of way.
I have to agree with Ross, I'm not in that big a hurry, I certainly don't want to ruin my day or boat crashing into some big iron boat and I find that a very small change in course is all that is needed as I can see them coming from a pretty long way off.
I'd like to hear from folks about when they think they "really" need to exercise their right of way rights. I hardly ever do.
Some obvious ones are:
when racing
in very tight channels to keep everyone from crashing into each other
when in distress
I hear this all the time about "I have the right of way and am not going to alter my course" I even heard a tugboat pulling barge call the USCG concerning a near miss and then the near misser and he got into an argument on the radio about who had the right of way.
I have to agree with Ross, I'm not in that big a hurry, I certainly don't want to ruin my day or boat crashing into some big iron boat and I find that a very small change in course is all that is needed as I can see them coming from a pretty long way off.
I'd like to hear from folks about when they think they "really" need to exercise their right of way rights. I hardly ever do.
Some obvious ones are:
when racing
in very tight channels to keep everyone from crashing into each other
when in distress
MF owner's version of the facts
"A few minutes before this photo sequence, the Falcon had turned to port, to give the right of way to the smaller yacht, which was to leeward on the starboard tack. The "Stand By" was originally on a roughly reciprocal course to that of the Falcon. Prior to the photos shown here, "Stand By" was bearing away, and the two yachts were on safe courses to pass roughly with a distance of 200 feet separation. After the "Stand By" had sailed past the Falcon's bow, the smaller vessel suddenly rounded up, possibly to tack in order to follow the Falcon, when she lost control, and with her main sheeted hard in, the smaller boat was unable to bear away to avoid a collision."
I pulled this off the post titled "bone-head moves" in this same forum. Much more info over there to save you from all of the speculation without benefit of any facts.
"A few minutes before this photo sequence, the Falcon had turned to port, to give the right of way to the smaller yacht, which was to leeward on the starboard tack. The "Stand By" was originally on a roughly reciprocal course to that of the Falcon. Prior to the photos shown here, "Stand By" was bearing away, and the two yachts were on safe courses to pass roughly with a distance of 200 feet separation. After the "Stand By" had sailed past the Falcon's bow, the smaller vessel suddenly rounded up, possibly to tack in order to follow the Falcon, when she lost control, and with her main sheeted hard in, the smaller boat was unable to bear away to avoid a collision."
I pulled this off the post titled "bone-head moves" in this same forum. Much more info over there to save you from all of the speculation without benefit of any facts.
Re: MF owner's version of the facts
from the photographer
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=107835
There is so many posts about this in Google, what is not to believe?
from the photographer
http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=107835
There is so many posts about this in Google, what is not to believe?
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