[LonePalm]

Things got more complicated with the release of the track followed by the ACX Crystal.

Now I am not so sure the Fitzgerald was at fault.

In any event I am thankful that it was a relatively low speed collision as the Law of Gross Tonnages always applies in a collision at sea.

For those not familiar, the Law of Gross Tonnages says that the ship with the greater gross tonnage wins.

"Ceterum censeo Islam esse delendam."

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[smokingfrog]

What explaination could there be for a ship backtracking like that?

[HKMk23]

Sea Lane rage?

I mean, that sweeping turn to starbord, with the sudden u-turn at the end...

I’m damned if that doesn’t look for all the world like an intentional intercept.

I’m not Navy, nor even a mariner, but a half-drunk pool shark could look at those lines and come away suspecting there was somebody aiming to put the 8-ball in the side pocket.