Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 01:00:12 GMT, otnmbrd
wrote:


wrote:

When he crossed and went on a collision course with my boat I had about
5-10 seconds to turn away or he would have mowed me down.

If there is no law against crossing channels and purposely going on
collision course at high speeds with other boats for no particular
reason, then it should be. And i am no one who wants laws more than
necessary.

Try Rule 2


I had the pleasure of participating in full Court of Inquiry for a
ship sinking in the mid-70's - it was basically sitting around and
waiting, but I got a chance to hear some of the testimony and talked
to some maritime attorneys involved - it was really interesting.

The one thing that most of the attorneys involved agreed with is that
the Col Regs is that the USCG can interpret them anyway they feel like
it.

Oh, and that most of the time, they will find ALL participants at
fault. :)


True:

They usually figure out a percentage and lay blame that way. I use to
follow boating accidents via several web sites. Just looking for what
was the most common causes and or contributing factors etc.

Most seem to be closed up, but I use to be able to find some pretty good
information.

Capt Jack R..