Bill McKee wrote:

"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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And your motor is not propelling machinery?


No, Bill, a motor is not propelling machinery, nor is a propeller,
propelling machinery, but used together,
they become propelling machinery.
Just for kicks, let's get a bit more complicated.
The only way you can be certain (reasonably) under the Rules, that a sail
vessel is also being powered by some mechanical means
other than the sails, is, in daylight, a cone, apex down; at night, she's
lit as a power driven vessel; or radio communications.
Barring any of those (excluding some sailboat making 10k in a 1k breeze...
possible exceptions noted) you should consider the sailboat
just that ..... a sailboat, and I send you back to rule 2.

otn



And a stupid guy who is motoring with his sails up is going to run day
signals or lights? LOL!


Well, maybe not if he has a stupid greedy lawyer, and and you do
too, and it all winds up in court, IF there were damages that might
have been avoided, or settled beforhand.

If he's smart enough to know that there is sufficient wind (in his
locality) that he may be deflected from his intended course by the
wind, and is using his trolling motor, he may hoist a powering cone
to let you know that he is probably able to manouver better than he
could without an engine, but you should be able to tell, anyway,
just from looking, that he has a sail in the air, seems to be going
too fast for the wind, and may get farted on by the wind. If he has
a need for the engine in light airs, he probably has a big suit of
sails up, and is most vulnerable to a gust or turbulence from trees
half a mile away, etc. Got it?

He may be almost out of gas, can't charge his battery, and needs to
hoist a sail, so needs to turn into the wind soon, because of tides
and rocks awash. He may need 6 feet of water, or could soon be a
pedestrian.

He may not have any juke box money, either, because he spent it all
on charts. You do have charts on board?

A smart powerboater would have no question in his mind; sail in the
air is a hazard, keep very clear, if you can or slow down, under
pain of responsibility.

It's usually not a personal problem, is it? You got gas, you got a
steering wheel, eh? Your wrists are not as limp as your brain, are
they? Or is that your dick sticking up through your collar?

Now, stop chewing your own tail, or you'll grow hair on your nose
and go blind.

Which brings us back to that age old question, "Why do old sea dogs
lick their own balls?" Remember, to start with, only half of them do.

Consider yourself bitten.

Terry K