UNREP can be a challenge for the OOD’s. Gotta be glad you aren’t transferring people. We did that once. His pants stayed dry.
I was a quartermaster. I was at the helm for DOZENS of unreps on both an LHA and a frigate. From big to small we never hit another ship.
The only incident the LHA ever had was off the Phillipines. We were trying to refuel before a hurricane and the superstructure was acting like a giant sail. The span wire snapped, the refueling line ripped apart and that was the end of that unrep. Nobody got hurt, per se, but the fueling team got drenched with fuel.
Needless to say the wind was from starboard so we pulled up to port of the supply ship. The wind just blew us away from each other so it wasn't really hard to steer clear.
It isn't just the OOD who has to be on their game.