On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:42:00 -0000, "Donal"
wrote:


"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
...

AFAIK the COLREGS only apply to American waters (correct me when I'm
wrong, but somehow I've a feeling I don't need to ask this g)

Oh dear!! We've got another one who didn't study geography at school.

I don't see what geography has to do with it.

The International Collregs are not related to the "World Series".

Hehe

Believe it or not, the international regulations actually apply to waters
that are not officially under US jurisdiction.

I do understand that now. My problem was that I didn't understand if
the COLREGS was the American variant of the international rules (like
BVA (Bepalingen ter voorkoming van aanvaring op zee) in the
Netherlands), or the international rules itself. Jeff cleared that up
for me.

Please don't tell GWB about this.

Of course not!


Cheers!

Remco

Remco Moedt wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:42:00 -0000, "Donal"
wrote:


"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
...

AFAIK the COLREGS only apply to American waters (correct me when I'm
wrong, but somehow I've a feeling I don't need to ask this g)

Oh dear!! We've got another one who didn't study geography at school.


I don't see what geography has to do with it.


The International Collregs are not related to the "World Series".


Hehe


Believe it or not, the international regulations actually apply to waters
that are not officially under US jurisdiction.


I do understand that now. My problem was that I didn't understand if
the COLREGS was the American variant of the international rules (like
BVA (Bepalingen ter voorkoming van aanvaring op zee) in the
Netherlands), or the international rules itself. Jeff cleared that up
for me.

Actually, the "ColRegs" are the International rules - that's how the IMO
(International Maritime Organization) refers to them, though some
countries have different names. The local rules in the US are called
the "Inland Rules." The two set of rules are 95% the same.

"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:42:00 -0000, "Donal"
wrote:


"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
...

AFAIK the COLREGS only apply to American waters (correct me when I'm
wrong, but somehow I've a feeling I don't need to ask this g)

Oh dear!! We've got another one who didn't study geography at school.

I don't see what geography has to do with it.

My apologies!!

I incorrectly assumed that only an American would think that the COLREGS
(International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea) only
applied to American waters.


Regards


Donal
--

"Donal" wrote in message news:cugrcr$58e$1

Believe it or not, the international regulations actually apply to waters
that are not officially under US jurisdiction. Please don't tell GWB
about
this.

All waters are under US jurisdiction. One never knows where a boomer is
lurking at any particular time, does one. g

Max

Neal,

If she committed a crime and you're a certified captain, Why haven't you
pressed charges against her? Talk is cheap. Can you prove what you're
saying? If she truly was illegal, press charges

Ole Thom

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message

Neal,

If she committed a crime and you're a certified captain, Why haven't you
pressed charges against her? Talk is cheap. Can you prove what you're
saying? If she truly was illegal, press charges

Heh, heh . . . . you've made a couple of assumptions here, Thom. First,
that the "Captain" is indeed a captain, and second, that any court in any
land would uphold such charges without making him who brought such charges a
laughing stock.

Max

True Max,

An awful lot of interpretation of Colregs is a laughable situation.

OT

"Thom Stewart" wrote in message

True Max,

An awful lot of interpretation of Colregs is a laughable situation.

If they were strictly enforced, no single-handed circumnavigation would be
permitted.

Max