Re: Col Regs - Sailboats & Mariners

The boat is still a "sailboat" even if the sails are down.  I own a 
"sailboat" even though the mast is down, the sails are stashed away, and 
its high and dry in the yard.

Of course, for the purpose of the rules, it is only a "sailing vessel" 
(i.e. vessel that is sailing) if it is under sailing and propulsion 
machinery is not being used.  The term "sailboat" never actually occurs 
in the the rules.

As it turns out I was incorrect about the lawsuit - here's the comment 
by a local observer:
"This case was brought to court and both parties were found to be at 
fault. In the end it came down to the fact that neither the skipper of 
the sail boat nor the steam ****p authority captain wanted to yield to 
the other party and this is how it ended."
The lawsuit that was won was to suppress the video - that didn't work 
for too long!

Al Thomason wrote:
> Cept the 'sail boat' had no sails up. . . .
> 
> -al-
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> On Fri, 02 May 2008 17:48:30 -0400, jeff <jeff@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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>> Here's a video taken about 20 miles away.  As it turned out, the 
>> sailboat won the law suit, I assume because the ferry refused to back 
>> down and give it time to turn around.
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZPWA_3YfIM
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