"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:28:27 -0400, "Roger Long"
wrote:

As soon as you put the
engine in gear, you uniformed crew smartly hoists the day shape cone up
the
forestay.

Carrying all of this to its silly extreme, you now blithely motorsail
along with your cone up until some awkward right-of-way situation
arises, at which point you strike your cone and put your engine in
neutral to reassert your rights.

That's why the rules say that you become a powerboat when your engine
is on, not just when your engine is in gear. Otherwise you could just
shift into neutral whenever it was convenient.



Nope... not good enough. It would not be clear to the other boat. They would
still likely assume you're engine is engaged. The rules are fairly clear. If
you're being "propelled" by an engine, then you're a powerboat. If you're
not, you're not. But, the issue is one of potential confusion, which you're
obligated to mitigate. What you describe is going to make the situation
worse not better.

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