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Re: Cane garden bay jet skis
[Re: stoneyusaf]
#54412
05/15/2015 12:37 PM
05/15/2015 12:37 PM
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Posts: 92 Aledo,TX
tropicalfever
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stoneyusaf said:tropicalfever said:
"There is a reason that the rules of the road require that a smaller, faster, more maneuverable vessel keep clear of a slower larger, less agile one. "
Could you please point out where in the Colregs it says this? I'm not sure if this is a test question and you truly want someone to tell you "where" it is... but it is in the Colregs (with a loose interpretation involving "Responsibilities of vessels") AND ironically you are from Texas (as am I) where the law states "A PWC must maintain a distance of at least 50 feet from another boat or PWC, a person, a stationary platform, or a shoreline. The only exception is when the PWC is maintaining headway speed." I realize Texas law isn't the law outside Texas but there is a reason for that law....and CGB and the accident referenced above is a good example of why that law is in play in Texas. Not trying to start a pissing match but don't want people to be misinformed. There is nothing in the colregs about smaller, faster power boat vs a large, slower power boat, maybe in the laws of physics, but not the colregs.
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