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iBoat More wrote in
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On 8/20/11 11:55 AM, wrote:
On Sat, 20 Aug 2011 09:44:26 -0500,
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The bigger you are the more right of way you have. Doesn't
matter if you are on the highway or on the water.

According to the regulation I've read, this is incorrect a lot
of the time.

Read this, "The bigger you are, the more likely you are to win in
an altercation."

The sailboat loses. End of story. No admiralty court is going to
fault the supertanker captain. Even with a proper lookout, there
is no way in hell they could have seen the sailboat dart in from
of them. Even if they could have, there is no way they could have
stopped.

Boats don't have brakes. You have to work around that.

Pilot boats don't guide ships into port, they just deliver the pilot to
the ship.
If I assume that the ship was in a narrow, buoyed channel then it's
probably not going to do too well in the courts.

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LOL I have feeling I'm glad I just saw this thread but wish I'd
seen it's beginning.....Interpret6ation of Rules always
interesting

This is the story that accompanied the video.

Whilst the Extreme Racing series was entertaining the crowds at
this years' Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week, the supertanker
hit a yacht which was then dismasted as its spinnaker sail was
snagged by the ship's anchor.

The Marine Knutsen supertanker was being guided by a pilot boat
into Southampton docks and was making its presence known by
repeatedly sounding its horn. By one yacht didn't seem to give
itself enough time to clear the massive boat and was hit before
having its mast and rigging ripped off when one of its sail got
caught in the supertankers anchor.

The yacht was quickly attended by several vessels offering
assistance. It's not know if anyone was hurt.

The incident was captured by Tim Addison for COWES.co.uk

The Tories probably won't want the accident investigation subbed out
to private sector investigators.

What an idiotic statement.