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- From: bwilliam@oyster.smcm.edu (Bill Williams)
- Newsgroups: rec.boats
- Subject: Re: Right of Way
- Message-ID: <17032@umd5.umd.edu>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 18:43:13 GMT
- References: <11NOV199211464774@erich.triumf.ca>
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- In article <1du3o1INNca0@cascade.cs.ubc.ca> Andy Martin,
- amartin@cs.ubc.ca writes:
- >Of course the rule about overtaking may apply, in which case it
- superseds
- >all the above rules. Paraphrased, the rule states that when one
- vessel is
- >overtaking another, the vessel being overtaken must maintain her
- course
- >and speed, while the vessel overtaking must keep clear, and remains
- >the give-way vessel until she is finally past and clear. You are
- >"overtaking" another vessel when you are approaching from more that
- >22.5 degrees abaft her beam. This rule also supersedes rules which
- >require power vessel to keep clear of sailing vessels etc.
-
- Yes, and oddly enough even people who are moderately experienced
- Wednesday-night racers tend to forget it. We've been "taken up" many
- times by overtaking boats who should know better. To their credit, the
- skippers' faces usually turn quite red when we politely (!) remind them
- that they are overtaking.
-
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