Inexperience can put you in a dangerous barging position - I've done it and had contact with another boat when obviously I didn't intend to. In this case, it was a lack of being able to forsee what was going to happen early enough. I was reaching in under the committee boat and had a Hobie 20 on my windward hip. I thought that I should tack out of there because a freight train of Hobie 16s were coming in with their sites on the committee boat. I was single handing and wanted to tack but couldn't because the 20 was on top of me all the way to the committee boat where they tacked off at the last second. By the time I realized what predicament I was in, I couldn't bear away without hitting someone hard so I had no choice but to pick the committee boat to hit or the Hobie 16. I opted for a glancing blow on one upset Hobie 16. I didn't forsee what was going to happen early enough. I should have hailed the 20 early enough so they would allow me me room to tack away or, if possible, jibe away earlier.