Shortwave Sportfishing wrote:



That's not true. Narragansett Bay is a prime example of CbD vessels
along with parts of Long Island Sound around New Haven, New London and
Bridgeport. Also in the Rules there are numerous mentions of vessels
doing this or that in relation to available depth of water.


A number of issues here are regarding specific wording within the Rules.
"Constrained by Draft" is only used in International rules, since it can
easily apply to an area which is totally unmarked as to a specific channel.
Although the term itself can easily be used to discuss vessels in a
narrow confined inland channel, for the purposes of a "Rules" discussion
and particularly a "Rules" test, this can lead to problems within the
discussion.
The same applies to "Right of way" and to VTS/TSS.
One other point ..... what may be a large open bay/channel to a small
boat, can easily be a narrow confined channel to a ship.

otn