T&T: rules of navigation..sail vs power

[Jeff Bacon]

Not much to add to Richards post..... overtaking boat is the least privileged vessel there is. Maybe this boats Master needs a refresher in rules, etiquette, and safety
Jeff

-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard Cook <newmoon1@prodigy.net>
>Sent: Apr 2, 2007 8:31 AM
>To: Trawler List <trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com>
>Subject: Re: T&T: rules of navigation..sail vs power
>
>You bet - overtaking vessel is the give-way boat, even if it's a 
>sailboat under only sail.
>
>Richard Cook
>New Moon (Bounty 257)
>
>badornato wrote:
>  > My choice was to bear off again and give him space or.......what i did
>> was get out of the pilothouse and yell "if you round up you are going
>> to hit me".
>> and he bore off away and gave me space.
>> 
>> My question is:  does an overtaking sailboat have to give way to a powerboat?
>> 
>> if he had been racing i would have moved out of his way.  i thought he
>>  was inexperienced, overcanvassed and oblivious to the consequences of
>> rounding up his pointy bow into my beautiful new awlgrip.
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