BoatBanter.com - View Single Post - Under Way, Not Making Way, Aground and Not Under Command, revisited

Richard Casady

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:27:57 -0400, wrote:

Yes. If you were other than the novice you run around accusing others of being,
you would know that a 36 foot sailboat with engine off, and a 36 powerboat with
the motor off are equals in the pecking order.

Of course there is no difference between a boat under command and one
not under command. Really? All vessels are required to avoid
collisions. If one can manuver and the other cannot, they are not
equal. One is expected to do something, the other is not. You are not
allowed to hit a drifting boat with one under command. There is a day
shape for under way but not under command. Two black balls. Sometimes
called ' Panamanian running lights ' by the merchant sailors.