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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy
In the category of two wrongs don't make a right, RG and I had an unusual one today and are not sure if we were correct or not. We tried to look up the situation in the rules but could not find the combination. We need the collective expertise of the group to rule on this one. {snip}
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At first glance it apppears you're both in the wrong. The other party should have been at NWS sooner and it sounds like you didn't give way in time. However I'm not clear on one point. You say you put your boat into neutral and that the other boat passed behind you. Were you stopped at any time and did the other boat have to change course to pass behind you ? Ideally, at least as I'm picturing the encounter in my minds eye, you should have noted the approach of the other boat sooner and slowed
and/or changed course in time so they could have continued a straightline course unobstructed.
However if you had anticipated them to slow to NWS at the proper point and then projected their resulting course and speed to carry them
clearly behind you, I could see some confusion as to what the proper action should be. This said I'm not sure how clear it would have been that any potential collision would have been moot. The point is that you must be "well clear" as the give-way vessel.
We need to see the pictures !
(or perhaps a diagram)
FWIW: Overtaking, as opposed to crossing, happens when your course is more that 112.5 deg off the other guy's course. Or more than 22.5 deg aft of being directly on beam. When your course is an overtaking one, you are the give-way vessel.