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At any rate, it's a great vid! I love the woman's commentary, so spot on.
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I operate on the Bahama rules- Da biggest boat gots da right of way!!Also I tell crew
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Have you seen this?
Amazing! Was anyone paying attention?
Read somewhere he was in the head
Is that keeping watch?
OK - I'll go ahead.....
Re: OK - I'll go ahead.....
Motor boats are more prone to that accident.
Exactly the reason why , when I was crossing the Great Bahama Banks
Same here - -I always avoid the rumb line in fog
Re: Well, if everybody does that, then it would be a pretty good place to be!!
Why else would I post it online?
Sure, but this happened on one of the remarkable clear days in WA.
I'd say the autopilot did a fine job of recovering course!
"If to starboard red appear, 'tis your duty to keep clear"
No lookout trumps all, right?
So what exactly are the repercussions of that???
From Director Vessel Traffic Service Puget Sound, U. S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound...
I operate on the Bahama rules- Da biggest boat gots da right of way!!Also I tell crew
At any rate, it's a great vid! I love the woman's commentary, so spot on.
ROFL- Yep. She didn't mince words
I'm no old salt and don't know the 'rules' that well. But I think both are at fault.
I hit a steel bouy in broad daylight
GOBI
Which is why I am firmly convinced a deck sweeper has no place
The power boat is clearly at fault
I think it was 50/50
Re: I think it was 50/50 - not quite...
I agree, I think the powerboat is MORE at fault of course. What I would have done
Re: I think it was 50/50
Re: The power boat is clearly at fault... the ferry is not restricted by depth...
The powerboat was in the exclusion zone around the ferry
Re: The powerboat was in the exclusion zone around the ferry
Re: The powerboat was in the exclusion zone around the ferry
That was somewhat how I was seeing it... but the complexity of the rules...
Does the exclusion zone trump other rules of the road?
Re: Does the exclusion zone trump other rules of the road?
Do you think the accident still would have happened if the ferry operator had known that the
Probably not, but I also think the ferry operators...
Had the powerboat skipper not been inattentive and instead radioed the ferry well in advance, saying
Re: Had the powerboat skipper not been inattentive and instead radioed the ferry well in advance, sa
Re: Had the powerboat skipper not been inattentive and instead radioed the ferry well in advance, sa
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