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On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:39:10 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:47:17 -0400, Wayne B
wrote:

On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:45:15 -0400, wrote:

Not in International waters when neither boat is restricted. It's the
obligation of the much faster boat to not run over a much slower boat
like a sailboat. The tanker is going, what 30 mph or knots? I doubt a
small sailboat would be able to get out of the way, and I've read
reports where nobody on the tanker is even looking.

Yes Greg, I know that is not your post.

The above statement is total nonsense. Rule 18(b) is identical for
both local and international waters, no difference, nada.

A *large* (tanker/freighter/warship) is always limited in it's ability
to maneuver. It can take two or three miles to turn or stop, which by
anyone's definition is limited.

Just this morning we heard some weenie on a sailboat complaining to
the coast guard on marine VHF radio that a large naval warship coming
out of Naraganset Bay, Rhode Island was not granting right of way to
his sailboat. He was practically laughed off the radio by everyone
who heard the broadcast.

There is nothing anywhere in the Rules of the Road/COLREGS which
discusses the obligations of a so called "larger/faster" vessel.

Meanwhile all of these rules are readily available on the internet
along with definitions, examples, practice questions, etc. Whoever is
posting this drivel (and I can guess), should take some time to study
all of the above and take a course or two before even thinking about
setting foot behind the wheel of a boat.

I was always amazed at how small boats would play chicken with a
weather cutter. It never happened around Norfolk because those folks
knew the warships maintain course and speed but we had it in Nassau.

That was before they had a lot of cruise ship traffic.

The funny thing is our weather cutters had an E2 or E3 at the helm and
if this was outside the harbor, the OD was usually down in officer
country reading a book or napping. The ship was operated by three of
the most junior non-rated guys on the boat, (deck watch was a
helmsman, a lookout and a messenger) They had a standing order to
maintain course and speed unless the lookout saw a contact on RADAR or
made some visual contact. Then the messenger went for the OD. If you
had a little boat, offshore at night without a decent RADAR reflector
we might just run over your ass and never know it.

The RADAR we had in 1965 probably wasn't as good as what you have on
your trawler today. There was certainly no autopilot capability or the
"fly by wire" controls they have on ships now. This was state of the
art stuff in WWII but pretty dated, even for the 60s. I think they
updated it right before we gave the ships to the Vietnamese.

Keep hiding. Don't address the actual post. So much for all you "boys"
claiming I don't do boating related posts.