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That's good advice, Bob, but it is not really consistent with the rules for a faster boat to give way to a slower boat even when the faster boat has right-of-way.


Mary,

The rules state you have to avoid a collision so the faster right of way boat must alter course if necessary if the slower give way boat cannot get out of the way in time. It's then the decision of the right of way boat whether to protest. And that is why they have more control over the situation and that is why I believe it makes sense to just anticipate and steer around the slower boat. You typically lose nothing.

Bob