Capt. Neal® wrote:



"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
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"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
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At all times means at all times. How can it be more clear than that.
It means you can't be below cooking a meal or you can't be sleeping.
You can't be listening to your walkman and you can't be climbing
the mast making repairs.

You cannot sail solo around the world and comply with Rule 5.


Whoa..... that makes Joshua Slocum a "criminal"??


It does not! The COLREGS were not even a gleam in some
lawyer's grandfather's eye when the legendary Joshua
Slocum was plying his manly trade.

Wrong again, Neal. Your batting average is only slightly better than
jaxie's.

The current Colregs (adopted in 1972) obvious did not exist, but most of
the major seafaring countries had rules by the 1860's. The first
international rules were drafted in 1889, 6 years before Slocum left on
his famous voyage. They are surprisingly similar to the current rules,
with many of the same phrases.

Regarding lookouts:
"Nothing in these Rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner, master
or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or
signals or of any neglect to keep a proper look-out, or of the neglect
of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of
seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case."

This was worded the same in the 1948 version, and then lookouts were
move to Rule 5 in 1972.