It has always intrigued me that officially if must be a hardcopy and a PDF
on several hard-drives isn't adequate. Anybody have any justified opinions
on this?

Comment: IMHO only advantage of a hard-copy is that you can perhaps peruse
it in a dinghy after primary vessel is lower than surface. This is too late
and perhaps there should be a 4-page hardcopy to cover those situation where
the worst has already occurred!

Dave


"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in message
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"Paul Cassel" wrote in message
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Bob wrote:
Hi Skip:

Since you are a vessel 12 meters (39' 3") you are required to carry a
copy of the COLREGS. Do you hvae one?

What do you figure - that Dog will strike him dead because he doesn't
have some dopey book?

If he doesn't get himself killed first it might result in a citation from
the Coast Guard should he get inspected. But, the way he carries on, it
will be just one of many.

He's got a laptop so all he needs to do is download it to his computer.

http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/mwv/navrules/rotr_online.htm

If they insist on a hard copy he can always print a copy.

Wilbur Hubbard