On the ocean. In the bay, shipping traffic, tankers
and the like do have stand on status and must be given
ground. I've seen a freighter change course to avoid
a sailboat on the ocean... we were the sailboat, but
we were getting ready to head up and avoid her. They
must have had the rare lookout. :-)

"Shen44" wrote in message
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Subject: Ferry Speeds
From: "Jonathan Ganz"
Date: 11/19/2003 17:17 Pacific Standard Time
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In the SF bay, ferries do not have any restriction on manueverability,
except near their landings. They are required to get out of our way
in the middle of the bay, and we regularly enforce the rules, which
they know quite well and always follow. Of course, we don't
deliberately put ourselves in their path, but neither do we shy
away from sailing where we want to sail because a ferry might
be going in that direction.

BG This applies to ship traffic also ..... but, ...... EG

Shen