and the exclusion zones and no watch... man, what a tangled web. I really had no idea how this might unwind.
Indeed the CG acknowledges that there are no issues of being constrained by draft in this particular area... Up by the San Juans is a different story and Rule 9 is definitely in force.

So indeed this is one complicated mess...

I wonder just how much damage the power boat suffered... I would also love to be a fly on the wall if this went to some form of court.

I'll just stick to giving folks as wide a berth as I can. Ya just never know if the other guy read the book.