"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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Comon Wilbur, ..... read rule 4, first rule of Part B, then rule 5,
then
read rule 2, then go back to rule 5 "every vessel shall at ALL times"
Gripes, it's so easy to blow holes in your comments.......


The discussion is about Rule 5. (keeping a lookout)

Rule 5 appears under the heading of Steering and Sailing Rules. That
means Rule 5 applies when steering and sailing. It does not mean it
applies when anchored, when tied to a dock or pier, when aground, when
the boat's on the hard, when the boat's sitting in your back yard. When
the boat's hauled out for a bottom paint job. Etc.

I'm arguing that anchored vessels don't require a lookout at all times
because they aren't sailing or steering. Since "at all times" appears in
a rule under the heading of Steering and Sailing it follows that a
lookout must be posted at all times while steering or sailing. Both
steering and sailing happen only when a vessel is underway. An anchored
vessel is NOT underway.

Now, if you're going to argue a point, please stick to the point. Don't
try changing the subject by presenting a bunch or other rules that
aren't germaine to the discussion at hand. Keep it simple, stupid.

Wilbur Hubbard