"katy" wrote
| I had that happen to me...I was in the water and the O'Day was
| aground...we were trying to see how much mud we were in when a flotilla
| of MC Scows comes roaring up...Mr Sails is yelling at them that I am in
| the water and they screamed back "We're racing!" One zoomed by close
| enough that I could have touched its hull....


Your husband should've been ringing the bell with the signal for being aground.
Maybe they would've stayed further away if they knew it was shallow there.

Cheers,
Ellen

It's happened to all of us. The colregs are in force, and the other boat
must follow them.

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"katy" wrote in message
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Scotty wrote:
"Walt" wrote in message
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However,

When a boat sailing under these rules meets a vessel
that is
not, she shall comply with the International
Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea (IRPCAS) or government
right-of-way
rules.

If you don't race, the racing rules are irrelevant to you.


I like the old story of a racer , approaching a cruising
boat, yelling ''We're racing', and the other boat yells
back, ''We're cruising'', and continues on his course.

Scotty


I had that happen to me...I was in the water and the O'Day was
aground...we were trying to see how much mud we were in when a flotilla of
MC Scows comes roaring up...Mr Sails is yelling at them that I am in the
water and they screamed back "We're racing!" One zoomed by close enough
that I could have touched its hull....

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"katy" wrote
| I had that happen to me...I was in the water and the O'Day was
| aground...we were trying to see how much mud we were in when a flotilla
| of MC Scows comes roaring up...Mr Sails is yelling at them that I am in
| the water and they screamed back "We're racing!" One zoomed by close
| enough that I could have touched its hull....


Your husband should've been ringing the bell with the signal for being aground.
Maybe they would've stayed further away if they knew it was shallow there.

Cheers,
Ellen
They knew it was shallow there...they draft very little....
and he did blast away on the horn...they would never have heard the bell
and most of them would have thought it was the Episcopalian church's
carollon playing the hour...it was very evident what was going on...they
just didn't care....

"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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It's happened to all of us.

Not to me.

SBV

What's your secret? Oh wait, we're talking about sailing. Never mind. :-)

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"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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It's happened to all of us.

Not to me.

SBV