Wayne.B wrote:
...
...I don't believe that any reasonable person would regard
running the engine out of gear for battery charging purposes as
motoring.

Unless that "reasonable person" happened to be a judge in Admiralty Court.
In gear or out, when the machinery is running, the vessel must follow motor
boat rules.

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Good luck and good sailing.
s/v Kerry Deare of Barnegat
http://home.comcast.net/~kerrydeare