psneeld
Guru
I see a big to do over really not much.
There was NOT a collision so one vessel at least followed the ultimate navrule...don't have a collision.
If I was running Mike's Sea Ray, can't say I would have done much different.....
I would not have expected to have the improperly lit sailing vessel do a 90 in front of me and I would have been concentrating on the stuff just ahead, marina and bridge considering their shape and being night.
Sure I can never give up the helm, sure I can run on a set of night vision gogglles, sure I could buy a FLIR camera, sure I could maintain silence among the decks when not in the open sea.....
For gosh sakes, this is pleasure boating and sure stuff happens, but what needed to be done was done....
Probably the exact same scenario wouldn't happen to this boat again in 50 years. Its like planning for 100 year storms...almost never done entirely....because it is so costly or seemingly over the top.
Sit back, learn from it, but to say things will be different next time? Probably not if I know human nature and the reasons why we have accidents. Taxpayers paid a lot for that education...I value it and have a pretty good feel for when rules need to be changed to improve safety and when they would just be new rules.
There was NOT a collision so one vessel at least followed the ultimate navrule...don't have a collision.
If I was running Mike's Sea Ray, can't say I would have done much different.....
I would not have expected to have the improperly lit sailing vessel do a 90 in front of me and I would have been concentrating on the stuff just ahead, marina and bridge considering their shape and being night.
Sure I can never give up the helm, sure I can run on a set of night vision gogglles, sure I could buy a FLIR camera, sure I could maintain silence among the decks when not in the open sea.....
For gosh sakes, this is pleasure boating and sure stuff happens, but what needed to be done was done....
Probably the exact same scenario wouldn't happen to this boat again in 50 years. Its like planning for 100 year storms...almost never done entirely....because it is so costly or seemingly over the top.
Sit back, learn from it, but to say things will be different next time? Probably not if I know human nature and the reasons why we have accidents. Taxpayers paid a lot for that education...I value it and have a pretty good feel for when rules need to be changed to improve safety and when they would just be new rules.