Jeff Morris is sailing his catamaran in International waters, for once.

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.

While about twenty miles offshore he notices he is gaining on another
sailboat, a monohull, which is off his port bow about a half mile away.
Both are on starboard tack and close reaching. He knows that Rule 12
designates him as the give way vessel.

He ignores Rule 12 and proceeds to fall off a little and uses his superior
boat speed to catch up to the other sailboat so he is soon close astern.
He then uses Rule 13 and heads up again so as to overtake allowing
the stand-on vessel according to Rule 13 to stand on.

He creates a close quarters situation because he believes he must follow Rule
13 because he maintains all the Colregs apply at all times.

If I were at the helm of his catamaran I would ignore superfluous Rule 13 and
head up a little and pass the other sailboat at a safe distance without having
to even think about Rule 13.

Who is the more prudent mariner?

CN

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message

He creates a close quarters situation because he believes he must follow
Rule
13 because he maintains all the Colregs apply at all times.

If I were at the helm of his catamaran I would ignore superfluous Rule 13
and
head up a little and pass the other sailboat at a safe distance without
having
to even think about Rule 13.

Who is the more prudent mariner?

Where is the mark, and which, if any, boats are sailing their proper course?

There's no mark. This is voyaging, not racing.

Both boats are en route from Morehead to Savannah in deep water.

International Rules apply.

CN




"Wally" wrote in message k...
"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message

He creates a close quarters situation because he believes he must follow
Rule
13 because he maintains all the Colregs apply at all times.

If I were at the helm of his catamaran I would ignore superfluous Rule 13
and
head up a little and pass the other sailboat at a safe distance without
having
to even think about Rule 13.

Who is the more prudent mariner?

Where is the mark, and which, if any, boats are sailing their proper course?

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message

There's no mark. This is voyaging, not racing.
Both boats are en route from Morehead to Savannah in deep water.
International Rules apply.

So, how do they transfer beer from one boat to the other?

Sling shot?

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"Wally" wrote in message
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"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message

There's no mark. This is voyaging, not racing.
Both boats are en route from Morehead to Savannah in deep water.
International Rules apply.

So, how do they transfer beer from one boat to the other?

"JG" wrote in message

Sling shot?

Haven't tried that, but have tried throwing - they're hard to catch and can
land in the water. Better to sail close-quarters and hand them over. (Note
to Neal: sailing within half a mile of another boat isn't all that scary
once you've done it. The trick is to follow the primary rule: don't hit the
other boats.)

Maybe a little bag in the middle of a throwing line... ...several could be
transferred at once...

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

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

Remco Moedt wrote:
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.


Yes, it's the same here. A "vessel propelled by machinery" gives way to
one under sail, even if they both have masts & sails

DSK

DSK wrote:
Remco Moedt wrote:

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.


Yes, it's the same here. A "vessel propelled by machinery" gives way to
one under sail, even if they both have masts & sails

DSK

However, smaller (under 12M) motoring sailboats are not required to show
the inverted cone dayshape in Inland Waters. In fact, I've hardly ever
seen one in the US.daymark

The meaning of this is that you have to assume the other boat is
sailing, even if you suspect its propelled by machinery.