I have fond memories of duking it out with Gordie trying to make A mark first. That laugh he has is contaigous. Hope the dispute is settled quickly and you're back on the water.

I also give plenty of room to powerboats, as few of them are aware of the rules of the road, and more importantly, the speed at which today's multihulls travel.

At Hiram's Haul a few years ago, I was almost bi-sected by the Coast Guard Auxilliary boat. We crash gybed after the 40+ powerboat turned into our predicted course and sped up, closing the gap to less than a boatlength at their cruising speed (close to 10 kts). Upon our notice, they responded "maintain course & speed".

At the distance they were when we crash gybed (with the spin up on one hull trapped out, nonetheless), I'm sure they were inspecting the washing instruction tag on our lifejackets.