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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy
Does anyone know if the front damage was port or starboard? Struggling with the rule of turning right even if it makes the collision worse.
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I'd struggle with that too RG, turn the best way to avoid a collision, there are many situations where a right turn would make things worse. Many times I've been on the lake where a boater will be a half mile to my right, see me, turn, crossing my path, so they can pass me on the right, only to turn back to the left after they pass me. Of course, during their manuevering, I, being the give way boat, have to slow down or alter course, where had the other boat just passed starboard to starboard, we would have been a half mile apart. Not very bright in my book, but what can you do?