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Racer not giving way
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You can subscribe to them online and receive them in email form weekly. They are regional. I don't know about lakes.
Try here:
http://cgls.uscg.mil/mailman/listinfo/first-cg-dlnm
Thanks, I will check them out. We don't have a big issue with races on our lake as there is not a very large population of sailboats on it, or in the southern part of the state for that matter.
Sam
So what are human powered boats? I read them as powered vessels (they have power) and the COLREGS don't mention human powered craft specifically.
As LuzSD mentioned, SUPs, Kayaks, and the dang paddle teams seem to think it's fine to run boats right against the breakwater..
I cannot understand why a person would object to giving way to another who is racing while they are just piddling around. Courtesy and common sense. There is a lot of talk about Colregs but if you want to make sure that Colregs apply to a collision between small pleasure boats make sure there is a fatality involved as otherwise insurance companies, local authorities and civil courts will be deciding the issues based on local Statutes of law. Do not think that a Marine Court of Inquiry will convene by the Feds to rule on your bent pulpit.
So, anyone not racing is piddling around? Please clarify because I'm often racing the clock when passage making.
Because the rules apply to both boats and both boats should be able to rely on the other following the rules - and plan and act accordingly. If the give way boat does not give way or the stand on boat does not stand on then neither boat can predict what the other is doing or will do. May as well not have any rules then. Then all we have is do what you can to avoid a collision. Another word for that is chaos.
(Much as I'd like to see this thread go away, I'll reply anyway)
Eveybody - No sensible racer is ever going to deliberately plow into some cruiser, whether they are stand-on or not. None of the racers on this thread have suggested that. It just wouldn't make any sense, as it's unethical, expensive, and counter to the racer's goal to minimize their time.
All that's been said is that if someone with no particular hurry crosses racers, it's polite to make an early move to stay clear. How is this any different from saying that if I walk through a door in front of someone in a hurry I should hold it open for them? There's no rule about that, it's just courteous. And if person A doesn't hold the door for person B, then person B's opinion of person A might not be very nice, even if B is a perfectly nice guy. To carry the analogy further, if A is carrying a handful of stuff, it might be perfectly acceptable to not hold the door, just like a cruiser who's in a hurry or can't avoid the fleet for some other reason.
Eveybody - No sensible racer is ever going to deliberately plow into some cruiser, whether they are stand-on or not. None of the racers on this thread have suggested that. It just wouldn't make any sense, as it's unethical, expensive, and counter to the racer's goal to minimize their time.
All that's been said is that if someone with no particular hurry crosses racers, it's polite to make an early move to stay clear. How is this any different from saying that if I walk through a door in front of someone in a hurry I should hold it open for them? There's no rule about that, it's just courteous. And if person A doesn't hold the door for person B, then person B's opinion of person A might not be very nice, even if B is a perfectly nice guy. To carry the analogy further, if A is carrying a handful of stuff, it might be perfectly acceptable to not hold the door, just like a cruiser who's in a hurry or can't avoid the fleet for some other reason.
Yeah, I think that this has been discussed enough. I don't think anyone would mind if we put this to bed.
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