While working offshore for weeks at a time in a 57" long liner we had only 2
rules.
Rule #1: Maintain watches.
Rule #2 :The bigger the boat. the righter the way. We constantly dodged
Tanker an Container Vessels.
They are working on Hidden rule #1: Go slow lose money.
Mundo


"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
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On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:51:21 -0500, =?iso-8859-1?Q?Capt._Neal=AE?=
wrote:

Instead of his usual motor trip down the Intracoastal Waterway, he has
decided to go the outside route between Morehead, N.C. and Savannah, Ga.

I assume Jeff is still motoring? I'm not sure if the American rules
are the same as the Dutch ones, but here a sailing yacht has priority
over one using the engine.

Cheers!

Remco