It's just that the ship made exactly the same change I made and then he held it for 5 minutes. I then turned again.

It's very disconcerting to see that AIS vector line t-boning you and make a 40 degree change and the vector line changes to t-bone you again. You would think that if he did change direction to avoid me it wouldn't have been exactly the same as I made.

I should have called him on the VHF. I always think that I can make a simple change of course and that would be that. When it started to get uncomfortable I completely forgot about the radio and went into collision avoidance mode.

I remember about 10 years ago there was a CT54 heading North along the Baja coast. A large freighter passed him in a light fog and went off into the distance. About an hour later the same boat hit him. Seems the freighter did a 180 degree turn and indeed aimed directly for the CT54. They went to court on it but I don't know what the outcome was.

We're sitting in Isla San Andreas, Colombia at the moment. During the same passage we had some pretty rough weather and broke a chain plate ( starboard forward lower ). I found a machine shop and he ordered the Stainless from Bogata. My new chain plates should be ready later today or tomorrow and we can continue.