"Roger Long" wrote in message
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"Tom Dacon" wrote

(snip) Vessels should slow to minimum speed while within 500 yards, and
maintain at least 100 yards distance unless they have obtained permission
to approach.

I don't what the situation might be where Roger sails.

Well, we don't have anything similar that I'm aware of. With a 1000 yard
wide harbor, it would be chaos it we did. There usually is a boat with a
blinking blue light just off the stern of any cruise ships that are in
town (room for one only) but I've never seen them chase anyone.

There was a lot of amusement a year or so ago when the USCG was escorting
the ferries back and forth. I don't know whether it was the laughter or
the fuel bills that ended that foolishness.

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Roger Long

Interesting link. Of course, if the ferry is approaching you, you'll have
limited ability to get to the distance requirement. They're talking about
ships over 100 feet in length, so that wouldn't hold for the ferries around
here. Also, anything that large would be restricted in maneuverability in
the channels.

They never escorted the ferries here.

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