"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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All so typical...... Most anchored vessels are manned (exceptions
noted)....keep a lookout

It's just not possible for a single crewman on a small cruising yacht to
keep a lookout at all times when anchored. This would mean he can never
leave the boat. This would mean he could never sleep. This would mean he
could never use the head, cook a meal, change filters on the motor, etc.
There are many legitimate reasons for anchoring. Among these reasons are
the fact that you realize you are too tired to stay awake while you're
steering and sailing so you stop steering and sailing and drop the
anchor so you can get some much needed rest. Your too broad application
of rule 5 would force sailors to carry on until they fell asleep at the
wheel and caused a collision. See how, if extended logically, a case
cannot be made for what you are saying?

The only way you can be expected to be in compliance with Rule 5 is if
it's applied like it's written. You must keep a lookout at all times
"when steering and sailing."

When you're anchored you are NOT "steering and sailing." Just like
you're not steering and sailing when you're made fast to the pier.
NOBODY tries to say you must keep a lookout at all times when at the
dock. A few people are saying you must keep a lookout at all times when
anchored. They are WRONG! What's so hard to understand about that?

Wilbur Hubbard




"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in
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"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