Engines running, col regs - cor blimey,

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Another thread has slipped into an engines running col regs etc,, debate, started this to open it up to all, as if it needs it!

I would respectfully submit that some people are missing the point - the key word is propulsion. It doesn't matter if the engine is running it does matter when it is engaged!

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Ian
 
And it's not even Friday lunchtime. Personally I think the problem is that some people forget that the colregs are there to prevent either party from hitting the other, not to apportion blame or to establish right of way. The point of being a stand-on boat or showing the right lights is so that the other boat knows what you are going to do, it doesn't absolve you from getting out of the way if you have to.
 
I applaud your attempt at generating a thread with a sailing content - well done! Of late, I have become much more selective in my post reading but it is becoming increasingly difficult to pick out the interesting from the dross by the title alone. One or two posts, though, are usually enough to discriminate.

As for engines, colregs etc. there can't be much more to say. Thee and me understand them perfectly - the others should read them and then try any of the myriad simple tests that can be found on the net or in books. Having understood them then application might become easier and perhaps the erroneous concept of "RIGHT-OF-WAY" will be banished for good.

I was racing on Sunday and for some reason was out of sorts with the boat and those around me. I was suffering from uncharacteristic dithering in crossing situations with both bigger, faster boats and slower, but more agile vessels, not because I did not know the rules, but because I wasn't making my decisions early enough as to passing ahead, tacking or bearing away. Ok, so racing is a different set of rules but the same principle of deciding between simple choices in sufficient time applies to the colregs as well. At least Sunday reminded me that I'm not perfect and of the possibility that the other guy can have an off day too.
 
Re: An IoW ferry skipper replies ...

Look, jimmy, when thur's some frothy stuff coming oot ma backside and ahm blawn ra hooter, whistle, the chief purser's clacking his beads, the bosun's heid doon oan his prayer mat, all tae git youse ootta ma way, its because ma injun's running and ah've nae got an antimacasser hinging aff ma mast, which ra missus wouldnae clean the scullery wi, tae keep me gang oot ra harbour!
 
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