"No vessel under 20 meters, and *no* vessel under sail, shall impede a power
driven vessel following an estabished VTS"

Maybe if you printed that in big letters just about the plimsoll line up near
the bow, the
idiots would get the point as they learned, the hard way, about the actualities
of stand on and give way responsibilities.

G This was a case of clearing the breakwaters with 1.0 k
crosscurrent , running out to the "seabuoy", where I was limited in how
far I could turn, port or stbd and backing down would endanger the ship
due to total loss of maneuverability. Along with everything else I was
watching, I was watching him ..... luckily, conditions were such that I
could compensate for his poor judgment ......this is not always the
case, and someday ..........

otn

Gould 0738 wrote:
"No vessel under 20 meters, and *no* vessel under sail, shall impede a power
driven vessel following an estabished VTS"

Maybe if you printed that in big letters just about the plimsoll line up near
the bow, the
idiots would get the point as they learned, the hard way, about the actualities
of stand on and give way responsibilities.

At a Power Squadron meeting a couplle of years ago, the Harbour Master
showed a video pointing out just that problem.
the video was taken entering our harbour from the bridge of a large
containership.
All the forward part of the ship really does block out quite a bit of
vision.