Wait now! Andrew, you were PORT. That's why I gently reminded you that I was starboard.

Wind was out of the NE, you were sailing E, I was sailing N. At a crossing, you lose and must back off EARLY. Tacking to avoid you would have (and did) put me into the channel marker.

The problem is that you are a Fockholepunkter!
(see Nacra 5.0 thread)