otnmbrd wrote in message link.net...

Donal wrote:





Why should they be given a wide berth, if they don't have any special right

of way?



Why do write such nonsense?





Are you really asking us to believe that a boat should be given a wide

berth, and at the same time, we must not give way to that boat?







How do you give way to a boat, and maintain your stand-on status at the same

time?





Regards





Donal



I read this a few times .....could not stop shaking my head in wonder.

Even Neal would not write this dumb of a response.

Sorry, Donal, you've crossed the line and are no longer worth a response.


Yeah, have to agree. Either he's trolling too hard or he's seriously
lost the plot. Either way, why bother?

I note that Donal never did address the point that his interpretation
of the COLREGs would oblige all traffic to cease in heavy fog, as the
vis lookout distance would be less than the turning circle/steerage
way of a big ship. Funny how marine commerce doesn't stop in fog, but
perhaps they all need Donal to point out how wrong they are?

Ah well, time to go play on my icebreaker while she's in port. Sailing
at 1700 but not, this time, with me. Maybe next cruise.

PDW