Thread: Under Way, Not Making Way, Aground and Not Under Command, revisited
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Default Under Way, Not Making Way, Aground and Not Under Command, revisited
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 13:14:00 -0400, wrote:

The discussion came about because someone suggested that there was
some sort of difference between the status of a drifting sailboat and
a drifting powerboat.

The key point, power or sail, is that COLREGS NUC status requires an
"extrordinary circumstance". Deciding to arbitrarily drift around
does not qualify.

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