OK I'll be quiet as before
;-)

Cheers MC

Capetanios Oz wrote:

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:30:04 +1300, The_navigator©
wrote:


I'll give them a clue. It could be either...

Cheers MC

Don't confuse that lad....


Oz1...of the 3 twins.

I welcome you to crackerbox palace,We've been expecting you.

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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It's a technical term Donal for the edge.


Ahh!

So, our yacht is on port, and the kite-surfer is on starboard tack! What
would you do?




Regards


Donal
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Capetanios Oz wrote in message
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Nope, Black and White!
Donal obviously has no clue and no-one else has attempted an answer.

Hey, I went to bed!

However, I *do* know the answer.


Regards


Donal
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Capetanios Oz wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:30:04 +1300, The_navigator©
wrote:

I'll give them a clue. It could be either...

Cheers MC
Don't confuse that lad....

Don't sneer.



Regards

Donal
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"John Cairns" wrote in message
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My reading comprehension must be nil. I thought you meant "wind" surfer.
The
suit example I gave you was a collision between a wind surfer and a power
boat.


Wind and kite surfers have one thing in common. Many of them will not
know anything about the Coll Regs.



Regards


Donal
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Capetanios Oz wrote in message
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 14:18:25 +1300, The_navigator©
wrote:

You are nuts. I surf canoed in cornwall and that was bad enough.

snip snip
Well after 5 minutes I was beginning to wonder if I still had any!?

Would it have mattered?



Regards


Donal
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"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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I say you are both wrong. In fact the kite surfer is a sailboat under
existing Colregs. This is beacuse 1) the colregs describe all vessels
(3a) and (2) the "kite" is used as a means of propulsion and is
therefore a sail -by legal definition.

You should know better than to claim that I am wrong.

I awarded top marks to Neal because he is the only person to spot that the
kite surfers constitute a "gray area" that needs to be cleared up.

Personally, I feel that they are sailing vessels.

Why has nobody answered the original question? ie What would you do if
you were on a (starboard tack) collision course with a (port tack) kite
surfer?




Regards


Donal
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Donal wrote:



Wind and kite surfers have one thing in common. Many of them will not
know anything about the Coll Regs.


This is probably true. I have had a board surfer collide with me, I was on
starboard,
he was on port, slammed into my port side.

On thing the Coll Regs make clear is that even if you are stand on, you have
an obligation to do what you can to avoid a collision; you should alter
your course so that you are no longer on a collision course. Open water
is no place to be installing a new though hull!

Cheers
Marty

I've been in the situation where a sail boarder attempted to
cross our bow quite closely. They guy wiped out nearly
right in front of us, and I had no time to react at all. We
missed him by about 2 feet. We were on a C&C 40 at
the time. I felt like throwing the anchor at him, but all
we did was hurl insults.

"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
...
Donal wrote:



Wind and kite surfers have one thing in common. Many of them will not
know anything about the Coll Regs.


This is probably true. I have had a board surfer collide with me, I was on
starboard,
he was on port, slammed into my port side.

On thing the Coll Regs make clear is that even if you are stand on, you
have
an obligation to do what you can to avoid a collision; you should alter
your course so that you are no longer on a collision course. Open water
is no place to be installing a new though hull!

Cheers
Marty

Bear off.

Cheers MC

Donal wrote:

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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It's a technical term Donal for the edge.



Ahh!

So, our yacht is on port, and the kite-surfer is on starboard tack! What
would you do?




Regards


Donal
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