How can you not see a 289' boat?

[Jaxfishgyd]

Maltese Falcon hit by sail boat???

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San Francisco Bay - It's been an eventful Bay Area visit for the yacht Maltese Falcon. First sailing under the gate in glorious sunshine, then testing the mega-yacht's new submersible, and now, getting T-boned by what looks like a Perry-designed Nordic 40 named Stand By. At the point of collision, it looks in the photos like the Maltese Falcon is on a port tack, but then the other boat looks like it's head-to-wind. According to an eyewitness who prefers to remain anonymous: "Everything was cool, the Maltese was sailing well, and the sloop was sailing well, and then shortly before the collision, the sloop appeared to change course. I can't be sure, but it looked like the sloop may have tacked onto the collision course."

The damage to the sloop looks limited to the bow, while the Maltese Falcon has some damage to its topside, rail, and one of the sails was torn by the sloop's rigging. We'll let the insurance companies debate the COLREGS, but it seems you'd have to go out of your way to T-bone something as big as the Maltese Falcon, and "right-of-way" doesn't apply when one of the vessels is restricted by sheer size. On the other hand, might doesn't make right.

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[Sparky1]

Blowboaters

 

[krush]

"OMG WE BOTH UNDER SAIL, WHO HAS THE RIGHT-a-Way!?????????????"

 

[Jaxfishgyd]

I vote for the Maltese Falcon...

SIZE DOES MATTER

 

[labrador]

When sailing I always go buy the big boat rule. If she's bigger than me, she has the right of way!

 

[trogers]

The law of "gross tonnage". Big guy wins!

I suspect that the issue had more to do with "How do you make this thing turn?!!!??!!!"

Not that I am presuming that some of our fellow boaters might be suffering from a paucity of skills and a plethora of foolishness, but it wouldn't be the first time that someone's cheif claim to being on the water at the helm of a boat was the possession of a check book.

 

[Sparky1]

Kind of reminds me of when Biff ran "Superiority Complex" over that 47 Bayliner.

 

[nyrussell]

If the Maltese Falcon was unable to move outside of a certain area, he is a RAM and has right of way. Besides, how can you miss such a gorgeous sailboat? Oh, I answered my question... The Nordic Didn't!!!!!!