"HK" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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I think if you see a boat in distress (fire, sinking, man overboard, et
cetera) you are obligated as a fellow human being to render whatever
assistance you can. I rarely ask who the guy voted for in the last
presidential election.


Subject to certain conditions (inability, danger to you or your
passengers, and a couple of others) I believe you also have a legal
obligation to provide assistance if a bona fide distress call (Mayday) is
received and/or you are directed by appropriate authority such as the
Coast Guard to assist.

It would obviously be hard to prove that you avoided this responsibility,
but IIRC, those are the rules.

Eisboch


Well, I'm not "corporate America" when I'm out boating, and only out to
make a profit. If I see someone having trouble or if I am directed to
help, I will. I made up a large loop spliced line with handhold knots to
help someone in the water climb aboard the old Yo Ho (the ladder was not a
permanent attachment), and I still have it on the new Yo Ho.

That went over my head. What does "corporate America" and "making a
profit" have to do with a legal obligation (as well as moral) to provide
assistance in a legitimate maritime emergency?

Eisboch