Then why don't you wait and see what transpired? I know of very few
(Neal excluded)people who won't try and put the brakes on when the are
about to have a collision .
Signaling and attempting to turn are excellent defenses .... one would
hope ( unless circumstances dictated otherwise) that he also included
slowing, but the reporter wouldn't know and/or understand the importance
of this to the story.

otn

The Cappys Master wrote:

It appears to me that the ferry captain may be have a problem.
Signalling and attempting to turn are no defence.
No mention of slowing or stopping to avoid the collision!


On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:49:43 -0400, "Simple Simon"
wrote:


It is a good thing for the ferry boat operater that the
sailboater was drunk or it would have been the ferry
boat operator who was at fault for hitting a sailboat.

The ferry is required by the COLREGS to keep
clear of a sailboat. I would like more information
on this collision because I suspect the sailboat was
motoring along on autopilot. The headline probably
should have read "Motorboats collide".


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