"DSK" wrote in message
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Bill McKee wrote:
So you figure the boat is a sailboat if the sails are up and the motor
is
running in neutral? Bzzt! wrong.
I think I see where Bill M gets his wrong idea
Here
http://www.boatsafe.com/nauticalknow...ing/6_2_b1.htm
it says "Note: when a sailboat has its motor running, it is considered a
power driven vessel"
But that is not correct. If you look almost anywhere else
https://www.boater101.com/Course/doc...Manual2004.pdf
http://www.cruising.ca/docs/colreg.html
"A sailboat propelled by machinery is a Motorboat (including
motorsailing)."
http://www.auxetrain.org/colregs.html
"(b) The term "power driven vessel" means any vessel propelled by
machinery.
(c) The term "sailing vessel" means any vessel under sail provided that
propelling machinery, if fitted, is not being used."
And this is either the official wording or pretty darn close.
http://www.boats.com/reeds/jsp/rn_ch_1_i_a.jsp#a5
http://www.dirauxwest.org/NavRules/colregs.htm
Now pay attention... a power vessel is propelled by machinery. In other
words, engine running, in gear. A sailing vessel may be "using" her
engine for ballast if the thing hasn't run in 10 years, but it is NOT
propelling the boat.
In other words, if the engine of a sailboat is propelling the vessel,
whether her sails are up or not, she is a power vessel with regard to
the ColRegs. If the engine is running but out of gear, charging the
batteries, heating the water for a shower, making a smokescreen... if
the engine is not propelling the boat, in either forward or reverse, it
is a sailing vessel.
See
http://www.ansa.org/training/ROR-200...planations.pdf
You're welcome.
Doug King
PS I really don't expect any of the hard-core motorheads to admit
they're wrong, they never do. But that doesn't change the facts & I hope
they don't kill somebody trying to prove it.
Thanks Doug. I just don't understand how Bill could not be able to
understand the Collision Regulations. Perhaps he has dyslexia. That
would explain his lack of comprehension.
Jim C.