Kite Surfers and Coll Regs.
Re-read them yourself!
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Cheers MC
Donal wrote:
"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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You still miss the point.
Do I?
Colregs apply to all vessels on the water. A
kite surfer can carry you from one place to another and is therefore a
vessel. As a vessel it is not powered by machinery or oars and is
therefore a sailing vessel or NUC. As the kite fits the definaition of a
sail I say it is a sailing vessel. Since they are not showing the day
shapes for NUC my logic prevails and they are a sailing vessel.
You are an awfuly difficult man to agree with! I tried my very best to
agree with you, but you wouldn't have it.
Perhaps you should try reading my words again?
Cheers MC
Donal wrote:
"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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I say you are both wrong. In fact the kite surfer is a sailboat under
existing Colregs. This is beacuse 1) the colregs describe all vessels
(3a) and (2) the "kite" is used as a means of propulsion and is
therefore a sail -by legal definition.
You should know better than to claim that I am wrong.
I awarded top marks to Neal because he is the only person to spot that
the
kite surfers constitute a "gray area" that needs to be cleared up.
Personally, I feel that they are sailing vessels.
Why has nobody answered the original question? ie What would you do
if
you were on a (starboard tack) collision course with a (port tack) kite
surfer?
Regards
Donal
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