d1 said...FlickySpinny said...
Obviously the RoW rules fade to grey when you get into the waves, just as they do for windsurfers.
Sure, waves users require and apply a different etiquette, but could you perhaps expand on your statement that windsurfing right-of-way is a grey area? As far as I'm aware, windsurfers have always used the same rules as any other sailcraft (i.e. starboard over port, overtaking gives way to overtaken, etc...).
?????
RoW rules fade to grey when you get into the wavesI'm saying the exact same thing you are saying.
Windsurfers are governed by the RoW rules in the same way as everyone else... until they get into the waves, when the community (not the International Collision Regulations) says they change.
For example, the community says:
Port and Starboard are no longer applicable in the break. Instead the windsurfer heading out has RoW.
Sailor closest to the peak has the right to the wave, etc.
However this can be against the International Collision Regulations, so as a result it is a grey area.
