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Roger Long Roger Long is offline
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Default Ferry encounter

"Tom Dacon" wrote

(snip) Vessels should slow to minimum speed while within 500 yards,
and maintain at least 100 yards distance unless they have obtained
permission to approach.


I don't what the situation might be where Roger sails.

Well, we don't have anything similar that I'm aware of. With a 1000
yard wide harbor, it would be chaos it we did. There usually is a
boat with a blinking blue light just off the stern of any cruise ships
that are in town (room for one only) but I've never seen them chase
anyone.

There was a lot of amusement a year or so ago when the USCG was
escorting the ferries back and forth. I don't know whether it was the
laughter or the fuel bills that ended that foolishness.

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Roger Long