Sailboter crushed front end in San Francisco Bay...
10-07-2008 | 10:07 AM
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How fast could these boats have been going? And they couldn't aviod each other? Geez...they say powerboats are dangerous! If you are the "skipper" of the smaller vessel...I don't care if you are the "stand-down" or "stand-by" or whatever...would YOU take the chance of not only hitting that thing, but having it run you the f$%# over???
10-07-2008 | 10:16 AM
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How fast could these boats have been going? And they couldn't aviod each other? Geez...they say powerboats are dangerous! If you are the "skipper" of the smaller vessel...I don't care if you are the "stand-down" or "stand-by" or whatever...would YOU take the chance of not only hitting that thing, but having it run you the f$%# over???
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10-07-2008 | 10:18 AM
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From: 29°50'49.74"N 95° 5'17.55"W.......TEXAS
How fast could these boats have been going? And they couldn't aviod each other? Geez...they say powerboats are dangerous! If you are the "skipper" of the smaller vessel...I don't care if you are the "stand-down" or "stand-by" or whatever...would YOU take the chance of not only hitting that thing, but having it run you the f$%# over???
10-07-2008 | 10:19 AM
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It's actually "stand-on", if you read Chapmans.
But the rules get complicated if it involves 2 salebotes. Sometimes it has to do with who is upwind, but that might only be in racing....
Regardless, taking the necessary action to avoid a collision takes priority over right-of-way.
But the rules get complicated if it involves 2 salebotes. Sometimes it has to do with who is upwind, but that might only be in racing....
Regardless, taking the necessary action to avoid a collision takes priority over right-of-way.
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10-07-2008 | 10:31 AM
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From: 29°50'49.74"N 95° 5'17.55"W.......TEXAS
It's actually "stand-on", if you read Chapmans.
But the rules get complicated if it involves 2 salebotes. Sometimes it has to do with who is upwind, but that might only be in racing....
Regardless, taking the necessary action to avoid a collision takes priority over right-of-way.
But the rules get complicated if it involves 2 salebotes. Sometimes it has to do with who is upwind, but that might only be in racing....
Regardless, taking the necessary action to avoid a collision takes priority over right-of-way.
10-07-2008 | 10:35 AM
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Fake as hell! Unless the wind was blowing in different directions for each boat. Look at the sails. Also look at the american flag on the bow of the big boat and then the flags on top of its masts.
