BeenWetter wrote:
From the Navigation Rules, COMDTINST M16672.2D, page 202:

§2304 Duty to provide assistance at sea
(a) A master or individual in charge of a vessel shall render
assistance
to any individual found at sea in danger of being lost, so far as
the master or individual in charge can do so without serious danger
to the master's or individual's vessel or individuals on board.
(b) A master or individual violating this section shall be fined not
more than $1,000, imprisoned for not more than 2 years, or both.



Hmmm. We have a few jerks here who think they are master "baiters," but
the reality is that they already are lost at sea.