...Do you have a suggestion for a better rule...?
Nice post! It asks a key question and gets us back on the original topic. I'm curious to see what proposals come out of it. Personally, I am skeptical how a rule change can help the problem of not keeping a good lookout, but I'm willing to be proven wrong.
Regards,
Eric
I believe safety should win out. It is not physically possible to keep a good lookout on a spin boat in all cases as there is a blind spot. A boat going to weather has much better visibility; hence it should carry most of the burden.
Spinnaker has the right of way should be the rule, imo.
Further, in the interest of safety, spin and non-spin boats should be on different courses whenever possible.
