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Subject: A tough question for Jeff and Shen44
From: "Simple Simon"
Date: 07/29/2003 06:35 Pacific Standard Time
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Subject: A tough question for Jeff and Shen44
From: "Simple Simon"
Date: 07/28/2003 15:26 Pacific Standard Time
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From: "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom
Newsgroups: alt.sailing.asa
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 16:05
Subject: A tough question for Jeff and Shen44

Is this is why the rule says: "She shall if necessary take all her way
off" ? So just how
much does a license cost nowadays?

It does not say take all way off so you stop in the path
of the sailboat. First, the motor vessel is required to
take necessary action to avoid a close quarters situation.

Wrong

Taking all way off is only necessary if the motor vessel
fails in its obligation to stay clear of the sailboat. To
further compound its violation of the Rules only an
idiot motor boat operator would come to a stop right
in the path of a sailboat.

If he's in fog and can't see the sailboat, how does he know he's stopped in
the
path of the sailboat?

He's got radar, he's got the bearing from the sound signal. He
has plotted a course. Get serious, Shen.

ROFL Haven't done much fog work I see .... We're not talking about motorboat
with radar, necessarily.
A sound signal can be highly distorted in bearing and there is no way you can
get an accurate bearing of a vessel (EG unless he's on top of you) in fog
from that sound ..... so, no course plotted .... no radar, no way to do so
...... sooooo......

Typically wrong

Shen

On 29 Jul 2003 21:53:20 GMT, (Shen44) wrote:

A sound signal can be highly distorted in bearing and there is no way you can
get an accurate bearing of a vessel (EG unless he's on top of you) in fog
from that sound

Well, it depends on what kind of sonar array you have, doesn't it?

S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

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