G OK, as I thought, the courts went after the outbound as well.
Since this is the case, we have to ask whether he moved to the left side
of the channel after getting acceptance of the maneuver, and whether he
slowed to allow the other vessel extra time to complete his left turn
into the channel.
If he did neither of these or even just one .... uhoh. I'm assuming both
vessels had to stay in the channel... ?

otn

otnmbrd wrote:
G OK, as I thought, the courts went after the outbound as well.
Since this is the case, we have to ask whether he moved to the left side
of the channel after getting acceptance of the maneuver, and whether he
slowed to allow the other vessel extra time to complete his left turn
into the channel.
If he did neither of these or even just one .... uhoh. I'm assuming both
vessels had to stay in the channel... ?

otn

A was mid-channel. The wording was a bit vague, but seemed to imply A
was begining to favor the left side even before the signal (his course
was 118 when the channel was 120). Both vessels applied hard left after
the acceptance. However, more significant was that A did not slow for
B - I would have mentioned it if he had. Neither vessel slowed, neither
sounded the danger signal.

Jeff Morris wrote:
otnmbrd wrote:

G OK, as I thought, the courts went after the outbound as well.
Since this is the case, we have to ask whether he moved to the left
side of the channel after getting acceptance of the maneuver, and
whether he slowed to allow the other vessel extra time to complete his
left turn into the channel.
If he did neither of these or even just one .... uhoh. I'm assuming
both vessels had to stay in the channel... ?

otn


A was mid-channel. The wording was a bit vague, but seemed to imply A
was begining to favor the left side even before the signal (his course
was 118 when the channel was 120). Both vessels applied hard left after
the acceptance. However, more significant was that A did not slow for
B - I would have mentioned it if he had. Neither vessel slowed, neither
sounded the danger signal.

G At that stage, they were probably saying "Ohchit" and not worrying
too much about danger signals, as they were past that point.
It appears that both vessels made and agreed to the maneuver, but that
fairly equally, neither took the necessary steps to insure the safe passing.
This "passing" may have been doomed from the git-go, but neither vessel
appears to have even attempted to take some steps which may have helped.
(again, here's an area where we have little information .... the
maneuvering characteristics of both vessels).

otn