I know that there are limitations when viewing photos and video, but at 1:25, I can HEAR the boats hit... It's just like calling close calls at first base, your eyes can be secondary to your ears.

Mark, I'm with you (and have said it numerous times); the hearing is the only place that all of the testimony comes out.

In fact, the video isn't long enough to establish how Wave and Adrenaline became overlapped, which is critical to know whether Adrenaline was required to return to proper course after the starting signal (of course, this is assuming that Adrenaline wasn't on proper course, which is a whole different discussion).

Adrenaline would only be bound by RRS 17 if she established the overlap from clear astern, and within two of her hull lengths to leeward of Wave. Even so, 2 seconds would not have been enough time to avoid Wave's action.

Mike