Airwaves, I estimated the angle to be about 20 degrees, even 10 or 15 degrees is a substantial deviation from running parallel to each other and would definitely fail the standard you quote of having the mast lights in a line. You absolutely cannot see both sidelights of the smaller boat. I still maintain they were crossing paths.
I also believe the larger boat was moving at a pretty good clip, although the smaller boat was going faster. If you watch closely you can see at one point water splash from the starboard bow of the larger boat. Also if you watch the water ahead of the larger boat you can see white areas that appear to be sand under water that move pretty rapidly by the boat. Finally, if you watch the small boat after the collision, the boat is turned to the same direction of travel as the larger boat is moving. I would not have expected that motion had the larger boat been stationary at impact.
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