Re: Sailboat-Tugboat Right of Way

On 2008-04-27 05:54:22 -0400, "Roger Long" <strider@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:

> Rule 9 (a) is surprisingly limited in regard to the common sense idea
that
> traffic moving with the current has right of way in a narrow channel. 
It's
> always true on the Great Lake and Western Rivers but otherwise only on
> waters specified by the Secretary.  Whether that bit of water is
"specified
> by the secretary" I don't know.  Why 9 (a) doesn't apply to all waters,
and
> what is different about Eastern Rivers is a mystery.

Around the Chesapeake, it's fairly usual for someone waiting to inquire 
the state of the current and usually people are courteous about it.

....then there was the time I was station-keeping a few lengths away 
from the bridge, right on the centerline, chatting with the tender.... 
Got a compliment on our boat-handling from my backing against the 
couple-knot current. (no emergency as we were already in reverse and 
only needed to slide sidewards a few feet.)

-- 
Jere Lull
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