"otnmbrd" wrote in message
25.201...

In Scotty's case, he did not know the other vessel was
towing until he
had passed ahead and I took his questions to be
"hypothetical", where he
was trying to think of all the
possibilities....rule-wise.... that may
have existed for this incident.


Correct !

BTW, that same day, my course would have had me cross in
front of a big trawler, though I was stand on, I tacked away
( I was going to tack eventually anyways) . Got a big wave
from the trawler.

Scotty