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Originally Posted by PeterG
Descant--a really interesting post. I do not dispute the difficulty of your situation in the larger boat.
But in your telling, you appear to be the give-way vessel. You then beep at a stand-on vessel who gives way and smiles as he does it.
Was he really "oblivious"? Haven't you violated the right of way rules?
I don't pose these questions to be critical, and I can see how at certain times you could have had virtually no choice. It's just that, if my understanding is correct, it's an interesting breakdown of the rules.
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One legal way to inform a person ahead of you that you intend to overtake them is with the horn (one toot for starboard, two toots for port (you can use the radio too)). If the stand-on vessel does not respond with the same horn signals you should not overtake. However, if instead they speed up, then there's no need to overtake so everybody wins. The funny thing is, if they speed up they are technically not following the rules of being a stand-on boat...