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Old 08-18-2018, 04:35 PM   #21
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To get that far over the sailboat, that powerboat had to be moving on plane (some news reports said 25 knots). In that amount of wind, the sailboat would have been moving maybe 6 knots. Unless his motor was on, it is a very far stretch to put any of this on the sailboat, no matter how he was maneuvering. Very unlikely his motor was on with both the main and jib set.

PS, sailboats don't tack because they want to on a whim, they tack because the have to. At 6 knots a tack cannot surprise a 25 knot powerboat unless the guy is asleep below. A good tack takes about 10 seconds to complete, average speed about 4 knots, traveling about 65 feet. In the same time a powerboat traveling 25 knots will go 415 ft. The powerboat would need to be on a course near a grazing pass to end up in a T bone, even if the sailboat took the worst possible maneuver. No excuse for that. Doesn't matter in the colregs whether the poles were stowed or in use.
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I don't think anyone thinks a tack should be the cause of a collision .....but under the Navrules a poorly timed tack under certain conditions could very well be construed as not following the rules and therefore putting that skipper partly to blame.

I have enough sailing and sail racing experience to understand the difference between good sailors and the vast majority I know that have sailboats. Anything is possible with some of them behind the wheel/tiller.
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Old 08-18-2018, 06:02 PM   #23
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To get that far over the sailboat, that powerboat had to be moving on plane (some news reports said 25 knots).
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I'm not trying to be argumentative but I would think 25 knots would've put him back in the water on the other side of the sailboat. I'll bet it was under 8 knots. Remember, his engines were probably pushing him the whole time up onto the boat.
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Nothing but comment suggests, as yet, the sailboat tacked on top of the powerboat in its water.
Operating in the vicinity of a sailboat you can often anticipate what it will do,it`s usually obvious when it will tack or gybe,and you can operate accordingly.
The news report suggests no inappropriate sailboat operation. So far it looks like a simple "failure to keep and proper lookout/failure to yield right of way/failure to take avoiding action" on the part of the powerboat.

Suggesting otherwise is mere speculation. Let`s see what time reveals.
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Old 08-18-2018, 08:48 PM   #25
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An 8 knot collision would not put him on top of the sailboat. Had to be faster than that. 8 knot collisions result in some crunching and sliding off. But the speed is actually irrelevant to the colregs.

The only way a poorly timed tack would put the sailboat at fault is under under rule 8, and it would be a quite an unusual situation at that. The only way you can tack on a powerboat and hit it is if the powerboat was passing very, very close, and the helmsman was not paying attention. This is almost certainly a rule 18 situation, "A power driven vessel will keep out of the way of: (iv) a sailling vessel." It isn't ambiguous.

Now, if the sailboat was motoring there are a whole different set of rules.
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Old 08-18-2018, 09:18 PM   #26
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I have seen plenty of poorly timed or foolish tacks and there are plenty more rules that MIGHT apply ......but we don't have enough info

Which is really my main point.

No one here knows what did or didn't happen, no matter how far fetched or outside someone's experiences on the water.
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Old 08-22-2018, 09:05 PM   #27
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Hmmm, regardless of the sailboat having an engine on, unless that photo is flipped...
Just for the sake of clarity, the sailboat’s engine can be on to charge the batteries or chill the cold plate, and she will still have rights if the engine is not being used for propulsion. Think transmission in neutral. You may not understand how or why a sailboat does what it does, but your ignorance doesn’t change your burden to give way.

Also, more fishermen should learn the difference between “trolling” and “trawling”. And if you think planar boards constitute the latter(they don’t) you owe us all some day shapes that advertise your ignorance. Know the rules.

In this case, there is simply no way to imagine a realistic scenario where the sailboat is at fault or could have avoided the collision. Charter boat captain is gonna have to go back to his land job.
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Maybe if sailboats actually used steaming cones, there wouldn't be so much ignorance in BOTH. camps.
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Looking at the picture I could build a scenario we’re the sail boat would have some fault. I can not build a scenario where the power boat is blameless. Odds are the power boat is going to be given 90-100% of the blame. This of course is total speculation as my sum total of data is a picture.
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I doubt that the sailboat tacked in front of the boat, unless it was a last ditch effort to get out of the way. ....
Happened to me. Without apparent reason, a sailboat tacked in front in unrestricted waters east of Angel Island. Caused me to take violent turn to avoid.

One advantage of a slow trawler: you'll probably have more time to evaluate and avoid collision.
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Happened to me. Without apparent reason, a sailboat tacked in front in unrestricted waters east of Angel Island. Caused me to take violent turn to avoid...
Maybe a CF member who occasionally visits TF. Sailboaters can be so naughty.
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They certainly ain't all old salts like some sailors would like all powerboaters to think they are...
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"Maybe if sailboats actually used steaming cones, there wouldn't be so much ignorance in BOTH. camps."


Perhaps but in over 50 years of boating , mostly anchored at night , I can not remember a single anchorage where a black ball at the bow was shown by one single vessel, except us. Power or sail.
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"Maybe if sailboats actually used steaming cones, there wouldn't be so much ignorance in BOTH. camps."


Perhaps but in over 50 years of boating , mostly anchored at night , I can not remember a single anchorage where a black ball at the bow was shown by one single vessel, except us. Power or sail.
I fly one and used to use a steaming cone too when I had my last sailboat.

Just goes to show that the vast majority of boaters are ignorant of the rules or choose not to follow them.

Hard for either camp to point fingers.
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Just for the sake of clarity, the sailboat’s engine can be on to charge the batteries or chill the cold plate, and she will still have rights if the engine is not being used for propulsion. Think transmission in neutral. You may not understand how or why a sailboat does what it does, but your ignorance doesn’t change your burden to give way.
Where did you did that SH** (stuff) from? If machinery is running and available, in use or not, then she is under power.
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Happened to me. Without apparent reason, a sailboat tacked in front in unrestricted waters east of Angel Island. Caused me to take violent turn to avoid.

One advantage of a slow trawler: you'll probably have more time to evaluate and avoid collision.
I hear ya on that one...our trawler is running at 8-9 knots at best so plenty of time...typically, to evaluate the situation....
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I would reserve judgment for the following reason. I was doing a trip from Deal Island on the eastern shore of the Delmarva up to Annapolis. We had a carb problem on our 25' Chris Craft Catalina. We were dead in the water and I flew the orange black ball black square distress flag. While speaking with a container ship coming down the channel on the radio a moron in a large sail boat passes us so close that I could have spit on him. I hollered a few choice words and he told me that HE had the right of way and that I should have moved. Go figure. This applies to power and sail, but some people out on the water should just stay on the fast. I would assume nothing as to either's operation.
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Where did you did that SH** (stuff) from? If machinery is running and available, in use or not, then she is under power.
That is an interesting position to take. The definition of a sailing vessel that I have always used comes from 46 CFR 170.055 - Definitions concerning a vessel. (p)Sailing vessel means a vessel propelled only by sails.

I suppose Congress could change the law to match your understanding, but probably not in time to make a difference in the photo from the OP. You know, the one where [B]the fishing boat was on top of the sailboat![\B]
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Old 08-24-2018, 05:51 PM   #39
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The sailboat is 6 knots regardless of sail or auxiliary power. I would not have liked to been in the cockpit for that manouver.
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Old 08-24-2018, 06:00 PM   #40
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They were clueless, especially fishing boats and sail boats. They don't look for day shapes, they don't even know to look for day shapes.

I had a brief experience as the captain on a seismograph boat in the Gulf of Mexico. Paid off my student loans in one trip. We flew day shapes and had ROW over most other vessels. We were dragging equipment a quarter mile behind the boat while running a grid and trying to stay within 1 meter of the lines.

My take-a-way was: STAY AWAY FROM COMMERCIAL VESSELS.

Another lesson: Big ships are deceptively fast and will run you down if you aren't diligent.
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