[Rhodes22-list] Right-of-Way

[Michael Meltzer]

Fishing: Short handed crews that are running their boats on autopilot and
the have no respect for the reconconational boaters.

The racing sailboats: the define the whole sound as their course and will
always claim stand on, spotting the course can be fun

100+ton barges on tows: their will just plow ahead at 6 knots

ferries: the high speed one are 40+ knots any like straight lines

slow ferries: they are also 100+ tons and like straight lines, at speed it
take them a while to turn and they can not see small boat up close(shaded by
the hull)

freighter and curse ships: the just big. I mean real big

the rule of the road: if after hitting you I can fix my damage for 1 gallon
of paint it cheaper than spending 3 gallons of fuel to avoid every boat

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
> bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Herb Parsons
> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 11:40 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Right-of-Way
> 
> I'm curious too. Commercial fishing vessels are stand on over sail boats,
> when they're engaged in fishing. ANY boat (commercial or other) limited in
> their ability to manuever and in a channel is stand on over a sailing boat
> as well. But I believe that the blanket statement that all commercial
> vessels have the right-of-way over any sailing vessel is incorrect.
> 
> Herb Parsons
> 
> S/V O'Jure
> 1976 O'Day 25
> Lake Grapevine, N TX
> 
> S/V Reve de Papa
> 1971 Coronado 35
> Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast
> 
> >>> Tatflies at cs.com 7/26/2006 10:29:26 pm >>>
> Bill,
> 
> Why do commercial vessels have the right-of-way over any sailing vessel
> (unless limited in their ability to manuever)?
> 
> Tom T.
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