That's the part I'm trying to understand. Thank you Scooby.

If that is true, I agree with you, forcing up a boat in such a way is not going to make any friends...

EDIT: BTW, this is exactly why, when I'm serving on a protest committee for a class I'm unfamiliar with, I ask other jurors (or a disinterested sailor) with class-specific familiarity to confirm or deny the boat-handling testimony given by the parties. You'd be amazed at how effective this is at derailing a lot of nonsense.

Mike