Gerald, Gerald. Firstly, there's no such thing as the "right of way" in the
colregs.

Secondly, as I said, "mostly incorrect." Of course, there are situations
when the sailboat must give way. You cited one of them. However, most of the
time, with sail over power, the sailboat is stand on. Besides situations
where there are commercial fishing boat engaged in fishing, tankers with
restricted maneuverability and the like, other vessels must give way.

Sounds to me like you need to review the colregs. Perhaps it's been a while.
Look at Rule 18 and go from there.

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"Gerald" wrote in message
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What is it that you disagree with? Do you know the rules???

Sail boats DO NOT have right of way over anything. Do you think a
sailboat is other than the giveway vessle when overtaking a powerboat
(maybe just ideling along)? Try actually reading the rules and you will
see that there are many other situations where sailboats must giveway to
power vessels.

FWIW -- I have over 50 years of sail experience and 10 years of power
experience. I have held 100ton ofshore masters license for 10 years.



"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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And mostly incorrect.

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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Just another idiot powerboater whine.....


"Gerald" wrote in message
Many sailors think they always have "right-of-way" over
powerboats. The
rules DO discuss a few situations where sailboats are the
Stand On Vessel.
While these few cases are probably the most common
situations most people
deal with on a day-to-basis - mostly crossing --- the
situations in the
rules where a sailboat may be the Give Way vessel are more
numerous. Many
sailors seem to operate onder the "Sail over Power"
concept that does not (I
don't think ever did) exist. Sailboats are frequently
under obligation to
stay clear of motor vessels.