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• Tow -- You're in good hands?
  • I would like to be on that jury.
    • ... not to mention that most FL ICW bridge clearances are wrongly marked on the 'clearance boards'
    • I would like to meet that man that can tell, from the deck of his boat...
      • We have a "vertical draft" (including instruments) of 75'
      • Nobody can
    • How do you figure the owner was "in command?"
      • Some cites for consideration
        • Thanks SG Though that appears to be talking about a situation were an able ("seagoing") vessel is being towed
          • Command Vessel
          • Applicable to areas accessed from the sea (Seaports) -- Plus I'll bet that there are similar regs for inland waterways
  • Fucking People Are SOOO Stoopid
    • Nice language Don
      • There are times when no other word will do
        • OK ... I Was Out of Hand
    • Spending too much time on Sailing Anarchy site, are we Don????
    • LOL! So, any of you original CWBB denizens recall who was the first to use the F-word way back when...?
      • Oh F---, I hope it wasn't me!
      • F bombs
      • NigeCH?
        • Good guess, but if he had, no one would have understood it, anyway...
          • LOL! I never would have guessed Wolfgang.
            • As I mentioned, it was late on a Saturday night...
              • Opera has been known to do that to a guy.
                • LMAO! Yeah, I would have been in the bag by the end of intermission (grin)
                • Opera buff spouse no longer takes me. Too much to pay for me to sleep, she says.
          • Jon, you are a true font of knowledge
            • Nah, not really...
          • Whew......I thought it was me!
  • From the horse's mouth...
    • hmmm...
      • Looks like shared liability to me. Be interesting to see how it shakes out.
      • I'm with you Jerry
      • $105,000 in damages!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
      • There's still plenty that doesn't add up, for me...
        • Maybe they meant "off of" Ft. Lauderdale
    • Quote: "My sailboat speed under power is only 3 to 4 knots?"
      • I suppose it's possible he meant he usually chooses to go 3-4 knots under power
    • Boat in control was the tow boat
      • legally that may be true
        • Looks like a shared responsibility issue to me.
      • C'mon, man - you're a lawyer, you should know nothing is ever that simple, or straightforward... (grin)
        • Well, it is if it is your client
      • Towing Responsibility
  • The fact that the tow operator is responsible is reflected in the danger of one boat offering help to another vessel
    • Difference between good samaritan and for hire