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Generally speaking : give way, unless it is a 'commercial' powered boat. The reason: a relatively small boat with an engine can maneuver, accelerate and slow down much more easily than a sail boat. But commercial ships practically always have right of way over everyone else: because of their size and weight slowing down and maneuvering is much more difficult than for a sail boat and large ships having to swerve to avoid sail boats would create a hazard for all other ships.

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