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| 418.1 | yea. | PACKER::GIBSON | I'm the NRA | Mon Jun 26 1989 18:02 | 20 |
| A few quick rules.
The boat overtaking another boat is the burdened vessel.
Pass on the port.
when crossing the vessel to starbord has right of way.
Head to head keep red to red (port to port)
Keep minimum of 150 ft away from vessels flying a red with white
stripe divers flag and /or a Blue/white Code Alpha flag. Keep furher
away if possible.
A vessel under power is burdened to all others, ie: Sail,oar,paddle.
Allways maintain speed & heading if you are the privliged vessel,
this will allow the burdened vessel to change course or speed to
avoid collision.
Allway keep no wake speed in mooring areas ie: 5MPH MAX!
Boats with ski'ers must follow all the rules , no special privlige.
Invest in a Chapmans Plioting book. Its well worth the $25.
Walt
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| 418.2 | General guidelines are good (.1), but know exceptions too | SMVDV1::JGUNNERSON | JLG | Tue Jun 27 1989 09:45 | 21 |
| Re. .0, Also see note 336.40
Re. .1, These statements are phrased in absolute terms:
"A vessel under power is burdened to all others, ie: Sail,oar,paddle.
Allways maintain speed & heading if you are the privliged vessel,
this will allow the burdened vessel to change course or speed to
avoid collision.
When in fact there are few absolutes since even a privileged vessel is
required to change course if the burdened (or give-way) vessel doesn't
take the proper action in order to avoid a collision. You can't go into
court and defend yourself with "but I was the privileged vessel and so
maintain course and speed and he hit me instead of turning as he should
have." Also notes 336.39 - 336.40 describe where vessels under power
may not be burdened to vessels under sail.
Basically you do anything you can to avoid a collision, even if
it means breaking the rules.
john
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| 418.3 | | PACKER::GIBSON | I'm the NRA | Tue Jun 27 1989 14:23 | 5 |
| Yea John.
The bottom line is to avoid collision if possible.
alternate route is to carry heavy deck guns and lay some chain and
grape across her rigging.
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| 418.4 | This is the '80s ya know... | BMT::SAPIENZA | Knowledge applied is wisdom gained. | Thu Jun 29 1989 09:51 | 11 |
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.3> alternate route is to carry heavy deck guns and lay some chain and
.3> grape across her rigging.
That's old technology. I might be able to get my hands on a small
nuclear device if you're interested.
Frank
:-) :-)
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| 418.5 | Safe boating | NRADM::WILSON | It doesn't get any better than this | Thu Jun 29 1989 10:24 | 18 |
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As Walt already advised, get a copy of Chapmans, or take a Coast Guard
Auxiliary or Power Squadron course. This notes file is a great place
to exchange ideas, ask for opinions, or just shoot the breeze, but is
no substitute for a proper learning environment. There are just too
many rules, variations from state to state, and differences of opinion
from all the noting participants for you to get a complete understanding
of all the rules that you'll need to know to be a safe boater.
Now I'll step down off my soapbox and tell you that I owned by boat for
2 years before taking the course. It was not without its close calls,
but just a little knowledge of passing sutuations, reading markers and
buoys, and a good dose of common sense will take you a long way.
Have fun!
Rick W.
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| 418.6 | 1990 Boating Accident Statistics in MASS. | CARROL::YELINEK | WITHIN 10 | Tue Mar 19 1991 15:08 | 51 |
| I've read the last few replys from a couple notes under KEYWORD=SAFETY
and this note looked as good as any for this past years (1990) boating
accident data. I don't mean to be gory but these are rather sobering
statistics. While we can't be sure of exactly how these accidents
occurred, we need to keep an eye out for the other person. Be it by
jetski, or waterski, or scuba diving, fishing, etc. etc. We're all out
to enjoy our leisure time on the water.
Let's get on with the 1991 Boating Season ! /MArk
BOATING SAFETY BUREAU
1990 FATAL BOATING ACCIDENT DATA *
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FATALS 29 TYPE OF BOAT
SALT WATER 17 CLASS A (UNDER 16") 11
FRESHWATER 12 CLASS 1 (16"-25" 11") 11
CLASS 2 (26"-39" 11") 2
40" - OVER 1
BOATS WITH ENGINES 16 PFD'S
BOATS W/O ENGINES 8 USED
UNDETERMINED 1 NOT USED 22
UNKNOWN 7
AGE BREAKDOWN ALCOHOL RELATED 9
UNDER 20 YRS. 2 NON-ALCOHAL RELATED 10
20'S 8 POSSIBLE 2
30'S 4 UNDETERMINED 8
40'S 3
50'S 4
60'S 4
70'S 3
UNKNOWN 1
TIME BREAKDOWN DAY OF THE WEEK
0100 - 0600 1 SUNDAY 6
0601 - 1200 9 MONDAY 7
1201 - 1800 13 TUESDAY 3
1801 - 2400 5 WEDNESDAY 3
UNKNOWN 1 THURSDAY 0
FRIDAY 6
DATURDAY 4
There were 25 boat accidents which were the cause of 29 fatalities, four of
which were double fatalities.
* Statistics were reprinted without permission from a report issued
from within the Massachusetts Division of Law Enforcement,
100 Nashua St. Boston Ma.
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