To those like you who have no imagination it is
not difficult to understand why you would say
something ignorant like Simon jumping the gun.

In a case like this there are more known facts
than you can imagine. Here are a few:

1) the newspaper got it wrong.
2) the newspaper is biased toward motor boats
3) the sailboat was probably motoring
4) the sailboat operator was probably not legally drunk.
5) the ferry was probably not operating in a narrow channel
5) the ferry was 'entering' the harbor which means it
was probably out of the marked channel already.
6) the sailboat was probably sailing around in the harbor
7) the ferry was probably in violation of the Rules
8) the sailboat was probably in violation of the Rules
9) the collision could have and should have been prevented
by the ferry giving way as required by the Rules.
10) I am correct more often than not.

S.Simon


"Shen44" wrote in message ...
Subject: That was no rock that Bobadil struck!
From: "Simple Simon"
Date: 08/04/2003 11:01 Pacific Standard Time
Message-id:

Only if it is a cable ferry. In this case this was not the
case. The ferry is nothing but a motor boat and must
keep clear of a sailboat according to the COLREGS.


Ole jump the gun Neal, strikes/screws up another response.