"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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You must not have sailed San Francisco bay. I have heard sailors laugh
about going in front of a freighter and saying they had the right of way.
Amazing Darwin does not get more of them.

You must have VTS on SF Bay.

The sailors must give way to any pwer vessel following the VTS. Any
sailor
thinking otherwise is wrong, according to the rules.

We do. But only an idiot plays chicken with 8000 tons of mass. In a
channel with restricted movement.