People's Court, Please?

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From: A M <asicenger@hotmail.com-DeleteThis>
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Subject: People's Court, Please?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:29:09 PDT
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The following happened to some guys I know at Waddel recently.

Two sailors, L and R, simultaneously picked up a nice swell.
They were 50 yds apart at this point.
Sailor L began to ride it left, upwind. Sailor R, who had
been looking upwind to acquire the swell, turned to go
down the line. As he did he saw sailor L riding the wave
left, and he looped below Sailor L, came back up the face,
and rode as far as he could down the line. R came to about
15 ft of L as he crossed under L.

Sailor L also turned down the line, and rode out the wave without
further incident.

Sailor L is the better sailor by far.

In a subsequent beachside discussion, L claimed to be an aggrieved
party because:

1) "These waves are predominantly left"
2) "I was in a more critical section."
3) "You came too close to me."

Sailor R countered:

1) "If the wave was a left and you had a critical section, why
did you give it up and go down the line too?"
2) "As the upwind rider you should let a down the line guy go
by and not make a fuss about it."
3) I gave you enough room.

Who's right, if anybody? Is crossing under as R did a no-no?

Thanks,
Todd B.

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