I wasn't there Mark, were you? It's a tough call until you tell me the exact situation, type of boats, wind speed, direction, etc. and he said it was a Distance Race which to me means maybe neither one of them was "close hauled" but instead trying to get to some fixed marker up the shore/river/what have you.

I really don't know why I bother...

Mark you are right, always. What was I thinking?

And Maybe's do not cause boats to go boom, Asshats who don't hail Starboard cause boats to go boom.