"Bob Crantz" wrote in message
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My old man used to say that sailing from a pilothouse was like driving
a bus from the rear.

Does the pilothouse have skylights?

Glory!


It seems to me sailing from a pilot house is illegal. How can anybody
comply with Colregs rule 5 while inside the pilothouse.

RULE 5 Look-out
Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and
hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing
circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the
situation and of the risk of collision.

You can't hear things well inside a pilot house for one and for another
you just can't maintain a proper lookout by sight with the structure
blocking most of the view.

Wilbur Hubbard