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> Okay, so in a crossing situation, the boat under sail is stand on and
> the power driven boat is give way. How should I interpret that when I
> am under power and adjust course to pass behind the sailboat and then
> the sailboat changes course (tacks) and comes back at me. They are
> not standing on at that point. Isn't the sailboat supposed to
> maintain course and speed until clear of my new path?
Mike has expertly answered this question, but it brings up another related point. I certainly respect the limitations to navigation that coming with sailing (BTW, I don't feel the same for the sailboat that has their sail up while under power coming into Annapolis harbor). One of the challenges that I've come across on more than one occasion is that I either can't identify the sailboat or they don't respond to my attempt to communicate with them. Some sailboats don't have disguising naming on the back of their boats or it's totally obstructed by their dinghy. Others just don't reply to hailing over VHF. I suppose I could resort to horn signals, but with the hundreds of boats moving through the Annapolis harbor, horn signals are seldom used except to signal an emergency situation. Sometimes coming into Annapolis harbor I feel like a honey dripping hand trying to get through a swarming bee hive without being stung.
So, what's the rule or etiquette for how, if even allowed, to overtake a non responsive stand on vessel? Being one that will do what I have to avoid the potential for a problem on the water, I tend to give a very wide passage that would not put either boat in harms way if the non responsive stand on boat makes a significant change in direction or I just stay back.
Gil
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