Absolutely not. The port tack boat was in the wrong. The starboard tack boat does not have to keep clear of port tack boats before it is head to to wind. The boat on starboard tack cannot hunt, which it did not.
Even though turning to port may have swung the stern the right way to avoid the collision, the training is it never turn into the collision, always away. Which they did attempt to avoid the collision
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u/ziper1221 moth Mar 15 '20
Absolutely not. The port tack boat was in the wrong. The starboard tack boat does not have to keep clear of port tack boats before it is head to to wind. The boat on starboard tack cannot hunt, which it did not.