"Simple Simon" wrote in message
...
.. The
COLREGS are a body of work that was put into place to
attempt to control the dangers posed by motorboats. This
is clear and this is fact yet they attempt to deny it.

Wrong. Do a little more research and you'll find that the current COLREGS
were first developed in the 19th century, long before there were
recreational boats in any significant #'s. While the current regs may
reflect the increased #'s of pleasure craft, their base is derived from
attempts to keep commercial vessels from striking one another, especially
commercial passenger vessels. Many of the major advancements in safety at
sea took place after major disasters involving commercial passenger vessels,
such as SOLAS 1914, which was in direct respaonse to the Titanic disaster.A
quick search will show that the latest COLREGS are part of a long history of
regulatiions and revisions in response to inadequacies in those regsulations
that were revealed by disasters at sea.
John Cairns