"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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Don't be a total idiot all the time, Willy..... there's a big
difference
between most of what you say and a boat at anchor. Try to remember
Rule
2 and use some common sense for a change


Nothing wrong with a rule about applying common sense and caution when
navigating and being on notice that special circumstances may arise
where good judgment might be called for when no specific rule applies
but this has nothing to do with maintaining a lookout "at all times."

So, that's the crux of the matter. Anchoring does, indeed, come under
the auspices of navigation. When you're anchored you can be said to be
"in navigation."

But, anchoring is NOT considered steering or sailing. Since a lookout is
required at all times when steering and sailing (that's the section rule
5's under - not navigating), it follows rule 5 applies at all times
while steering and sailing. There's simply no way anchored boats can be
said to be steering or sailing. Can't you see the difference?

Wilbur Hubbard





"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in
anews.com:


If I used your and Jeff's flawed logic it would follow that your boat
is your prison. If you had to keep a lookout "at all times" it would
mean when your boat was on the hard getting the bottom painted. It
would mean when your boat was sitting on the trailer. It would mean
when your boat was in your back yard. It would mean when your boat
was
on a tractor trailer rig being hauled across country. It would mean
when your boat was tied up in the slip. You could never leave your
boat because the rule says "at all times."

See how stupid it gets? Nope, in spite of what you and Jeff try to
claim, Rule 5 appears only under the Steering and Sailing rules.
Hence
it only applies when steering and sailing. Anchored boats, boats tied
up at a dock, boats aground, are not steering and sailing. Don't try
to obfuscate by bring up a bunch of other rules. They don't apply in
a
discussion of what Rule 5 says.

Wilbur Hubbard