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Originally Posted by WesK
Actually, they tried to "educate" me that because they were under sail, the ships had to alter course to avoid them.
Personally, I believe size wins, especially a freighter or tanker vs. a small recreational trawler, but they wouldn't leave it alone. They claimed that if I altered course to avoid them, I was causing a dangerous situation.
Seriously.
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Ok, I'll bite.
First off - from a practical standpoint I will alter course to avoid a large vessel well in advance of needing to worry about collision avoidance. I did that when I had a sailboat too.
That having been said - where in COLREGS is there anything to support the position that a small vessel has to get out of the way of a large one in the open ocean?
In restricted channels and traffic lanes the COLREGS Rule 9 (b) and Rule 10 (j) apply. However, in open ocean Rule 18 (a)(iv) applies.
Let me repeat that
I do get out of the way of large vessels well in advance of a situation where either vessel needs to worry about COLREGS. I'm just curious where people believe that it's the large vessels
right to maintain course and speed?
Richard