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The tiller around the stern was really slow. This was my first Weta #325 and I’m now on my 4th with #1300 in Australia and #380 in the UK - both with twin tillers, self-tacking jib, square top main and numerous other legal mods we developed for the World Masters Games in 2017. See Wetaforum.com for details.

@@Pewit35 Obviously you’ve got it going now!

@@Happ465Just a bit 😁- I was 3rd in the Europeans last year and in the top 10 at the last Australian Nationals with 37 entries.

Weta takes the win on Sydney Harbour.

@@Pewit35 youre on your game!

Possibly but it was a short course with traffic and flukey winds as I recall. You can find more recent videos on my AusWeta RUclips channel

You can always turn the sound off :-)

Try this one ruclips.net/video/JDUER2ERHdE/видео.html

We were sailing in different races organised by different sailing clubs. This kind of "I'm and 18ft skiff get out of my way" issue happens all the time! I was also concerned about damage to the boat which I couldn't inspect on the water.

Thanks Dave - I agree. But the 18ft Skiffs still think they own Sydney Harbour!

You possibly needed to call for water louder and sooner so they knew you were racing. It's very important to make your intentions clear, especially with with a boat that goes as fast as an 18 footer. Also shouting "Windward!" when you are actually leeward is a bit confusing. They are in the wrong, but the real problem here was they thought you were just out having a sail and would give them room. Don't expect other yachites to read your mind, be clear and early about what you want.

@@antiussentiment There is no requirement to make a verbal call. One can be make as a courtesy but the rules on right of way are clear and paramount. A boat going to windward on starboard tack has right of way, racing or not.

@@brianholmes849 Obviously. But there's a dozen reasons why another boat may not see you, so why would you not?

I'm close hauled on starboard on the layline for the windward mark since tacking at 24s. They are approaching from upwind at around 20 knots with the kite up also, also on Starboard while shouting "Racing!" at 1.40s. I shout "I'm racing too - Windward boat!" and at the last minute I turn downwind to to try to avoid a collision but their wing catches my stay and spins my boat around - who would you say was at fault?

@@Pewit35 It is clear cut, the 18ft was at fault.

Yeahright! As you can see from the video at 18footerstv, all three crew could see me when they had a clear view of me at 1.25.50 and again at 1.26.30 - and they were lining up to go astern but at 1.26.35 they changed their mind and tried to go in front.

Paul W Oh, OK, all I had to go on was the vision of you and the skipper with L plates staring at the tell tales for 45 seconds. Maybe next lesson could be 'situational awareness' :)

j b The first lesson might be always get the complete story before making a judgement (the link to their video was in the comments). The next lesson is how to tell the time: I looked to windward at 6 seconds and again at 35 seconds and I avoided a collision when they decided not to duck and to pass to windward instead. Here are the collision regs www.nswboating.com.au/Rules-of-the-road-at-sea.html

So, say it is a rainy night at an unlit crossing with cars approaching, would you just charge out and cross? Sure, you've got the rights but what good is that if you're going to be snotted by a car? I totally agree you had right of way, but a good lesson to teach your n00b skipper would have been 'hey, see those skiffs hammering downwind, technically we have right of way but as they're racing we might give them some room. Let's practice a tack'.

j b OK so let's suppose I wasn't sailing a Weta I was sailing a 60ft Yacht. Now who has right of way?

As someone who races on the harbour frequently, there's no sign up on a boat to say "I am a racing boat" and it doesn't give you any rights either. They were going to pass ahead of me but (if you look at their video) they would have passed ahead of me but bore away on a gust and were going to duck but changed their minds. Really difficult to keep clear in that instance whereas they had ample opportunity to do so. They did "just steer the bow up" when they decided to go ahead.

Paul W Sorry mate but I race 18s and if the wind changes by a knot or 2 your angle changes massively whether the skipper steers that way or not. pays to give them heaps of room early they're a difficult enough boat to sail at the best of times.

Timothy Snedden I would also point out that the other boat managed to gybe away.