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NNever Grumble reacted to capnsensible's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with
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NNever Grumble reacted to capnsensible's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
Are you sure it was 'yachtie arrogance'? I rather thought it was failure to keep a lookout as the enquiry found.
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NNever Grumble reacted to Sandy's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
Sorry I was unclear. I should have said that the BF route from Plymouth Western Approach to Millbay and the timetable is well known...
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NNever Grumble reacted to dunedin's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
Yes, as posted earlier about the hypothetical 30m powerboat in the Hamble, COLREGs are only one part of safety at sea / SOLAS. The...
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NNever Grumble reacted to Chiara’s slave's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
I thought you were a Solent sailor. You know how far it is from Hurst to Yarmouth. We and everyone else had little chance to see it...
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NNever Grumble reacted to Sticky Fingers's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
Exactly. Yes when they’re the give way vessel and a risk of collision exists. That’s the whole point.
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NNever Grumble reacted to Sticky Fingers's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
Rubbish.
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NNever Grumble replied to the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar.I must admit to never having had an issue with the ferries either. I generally try to maintain my course so as not to cause any...
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NNever Grumble reacted to oldgit's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Haha.
Blimming heck there was me thinking that boating was supposed to be fun. This saga simply confirms how lucky some of us are to be forced...
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NNever Grumble replied to the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar.Why is it a critical public service? It's only a passenger ferry. @Chiara’s slave I suspect they (VTS) only bother if you fill in their...
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NNever Grumble reacted to capnsensible's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
I can't see how someone who had been in the RN and had left to join the reserves as well having his day job, whatever that was, has that...
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NNever Grumble reacted to Puffin10032's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
I would hope that the master of a 30 metre vessel would be sufficiently conversant with COLREGS as to not need to resort to the Internet...
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NNever Grumble reacted to Pinnacle's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
The Harbour Regs state that “Vessels of over 20 metres in length must call Hamble Harbour Radio on VHF Ch 68 for approval to enter the...
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NNever Grumble reacted to flaming's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
I think your interpretation of the COLREGs is correct. But.. For a brief, and utterly inglorious, time I was part of the Foxer fleet...
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NNever Grumble reacted to wonkywinch's post in the thread Colregs, big mobo/small sailboat, on Hamble and similar with Like.
Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the obedience of fools I'm based in the Hamble and regularly sail around the Solent. There...