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Old 02-18-2018, 09:25 AM   #16
Portage_Bay
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psneeld, with all due respect to your extensive experience and skills, I've read many of your posts, I'll disagree.

Rule 3(f) uses the wording "exceptional circumstance". This does not mean my convenience or I decided to run single handed beyond my bladder's limits.

That said I have made countless single handed transits, recreationlly and professionally. Sometimes I just gotta do what I gotta do and trust the autopilot. I'll do my best to make sure all will be good and I keep my time away from the wheel to the absolute minimum. Reduce speed to absolute minimum or if possible take all way off.

Intuitively it would seem NUC covers the above, but the Colregs are law and I know if I'm away from the wheel while underway and something goes wrong it's going to be my butt in the sling. I can't decide how I want to interpret the rules.
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