Why did Joshua Slocum carry carpet tacks aboard Spray during his famous solo circumnavigation?
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Congratulations to Hank Merkel of Red Bank, NJ, who correctly answered last week’s question about situations when sailboats underway do not have the right of way in a collision encounter with another vessel. “A sailboat under engine power with sails furled does not have the right of way when it is overtaking a vessel ahead of it or when it is converging with a vessel that is approaching on its starboard bow. In both cases, the sailboat under power is the burdened vessel.”
