Robert Vaughn credited as playing...
Charles 'Charlie' Clay
- Charles 'Charlie' Clay: Listen, are the police always called in when there's any possibility of an accident?
- Columbo: Accident... Oh, I'm sure this is an accident. Don't worry just because I'm from Homicide. Didn't I mention that? Well, never mind.
- Columbo: I'd like to make a preliminary check - if you don't mind.
- Charles 'Charlie' Clay: No, no, no. I like everything... preliminary.
- Charles 'Charlie' Clay: [Columbo is curious about boats] ... the mizzenmast is aft of the steering station... on a yawl.
- Columbo: Now that's a what?
- Charles 'Charlie' Clay: A yawl.
- Columbo: A yawl?
- Charles 'Charlie' Clay: Yeah. Yawls. Ketches. Schooners.
- Columbo: And what makes a yawl?
- Charles 'Charlie' Clay: They all have mainsails. The difference is that the mizzenmast is aft of the steering station on a yawl.