And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
COLREGS. Anyway, stbd tack, stbd vessel has right of way (stands on) But every vessel has the duty to avoid collision. In a collision, both are at fault. And that is absolute BS because in cases, which are not exceptional, the acts of one vessel can be so egregious that collision could not be avoided.
I've learned my lesson; don't even try to speak to vessels under foreign command. There are confused already, they'll confuse the 'ell out of you.
Oddly enough, in small boat racing it is necessary for the collision to take place in order for the stand-on vessel to cry foul and have the at fault boat perform a 720 or get thrown out. The guy on the starboard tack had to maintain and the guy on the port tack had the duty to fall off and make way. Colregs also used to make note of stand on vessel being obliged to maintain until 'in extremis' so the burdened vessel could take the proper action. I always found it was best to keep my eyes open out there.
From this point of view, it seems the port-tack vessel could have easily adjusted and passed by the stern of the starboard-tack vessel without losing much. I guess his sails were obscuring his view, though that's no excuse.
An expensive CRUNCH
ReplyDeleteCaptain Crunch?
DeleteI'd guess that the boat ahead of the one hit obscured the view of the struck one until too late. Wish there was sound.
I’m guessing that will buff right out.
Deletebut you're wrong
DeleteWhat're the rules of the road again? The boat that alided is at fault, correct?
ReplyDeleteCOLREGS. Anyway, stbd tack, stbd vessel has right of way (stands on)
DeleteBut every vessel has the duty to avoid collision.
In a collision, both are at fault. And that is absolute BS because in cases, which are not exceptional, the acts of one vessel can be so egregious that collision could not be avoided.
I've learned my lesson; don't even try to speak to vessels under foreign command. There are confused already, they'll confuse the 'ell out of you.
Oddly enough, in small boat racing it is necessary for the collision to take place in order for the stand-on vessel to cry foul and have the at fault boat perform a 720 or get thrown out. The guy on the starboard tack had to maintain and the guy on the port tack had the duty to fall off and make way.
DeleteColregs also used to make note of stand on vessel being obliged to maintain until 'in extremis' so the burdened vessel could take the proper action. I always found it was best to keep my eyes open out there.
That's the most exciting part of blow boat racing.
ReplyDeleteThey both should have fallen away, and done what they could to avoid a collision, but the starboard tack vessel does have the right-of-way
ReplyDeleteFrom this point of view, it seems the port-tack vessel could have easily adjusted and passed by the stern of the starboard-tack vessel without losing much. I guess his sails were obscuring his view, though that's no excuse.
ReplyDelete