"Donal" wrote in message ...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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Don't you understand that the Coll Regs also state that all vessels must
take any necessary action to avoid a collision?

There is NO right of way under the Coll Regs. I'm surprised that you
seem
to know as little about the Coll Regs as Shen, or Joe.

And don't YOU realize that in the COLREGS all vessels must
follow the Rules that apply. In the case of stand-on and
give-way the stand on vessel is required to stand on and
the give-way vessel is required to give way. Only if the
give-way vessel does not follow the rules and causes
a close quarters situation where there is a possibility
of a collision is the stand-on vessel allowed to deviate
from the Rules.

Wrong!!!!

In these circumstances, the "stand on" vessel is not *allowed* to deviate,
it is *required* to deviate from the rules.


Semantics! I could argue in the same vane and say there is no rule
countermanding the captains actions as long as whatever action
he took avoided the collision. The caption is the final authority-
not the rules.

CN