Re: [Cal_Boats] Re: What would you do?

Had it not been that windy I'd say you tacked early but in that kind of wind, even if you know the boat, even if they acknowledge they are ducking or are going to tack, all it takes is one big gust and a slow reaction by the main trimmer & helmsman for them to round up into you while trying to duck or maybe there is a lull and you fall off a hair to maintain speed and the crossing speeds change etc . . . In gusty conditions always best to play it safe and live to play again. Paul In a message dated 6/28/2012 9:09:51 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, al… [at] gmail.com writes: Thanks Alfred. That means a lot. As you can see from the video, we got no response from the other boat after yelling and waving our hands. Perhaps I tacked a bit early and clearly too early to win a protest but I really thought they were not going to change course. Allen On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Alfred Poor <_a… [at] verizon.net_ (mailto:ap… [at] verizon.net) > wrote: Allen replied to us all: “The bottom line is that I accepted his explanation that he was going to avoid us and that we tacked needlessly, that I should have held my course. But I would do the same thing if I had it to do over. It isn't worth finding out if some random boat knows what they are doing and crashing your boat in the process.” First, a big OUCH on that L-36 photo! I think I’m gonna need therapy after seeing that. Second, your additional detail makes it abundantly clear that you did exactly the right thing. My only Monday-morning comment is that I also would have hailed inquiring about their intentions before tacking, and absent a satisfactory response – either verbal or a visible course change – I would have tacked and probably declared a protest. (I hate protesting, but if abusers don’t get a wrist-slap now and then, how are they going to learn?) So put me down in the “You made the right call” column. Alfred Poor 1973 Tartan 34C #288 “Jambalaya”