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Originally Posted by Airwaves
In another adventure I was at the helm of a large cabin cruiser coming out of Meredith Bay at night at headway speed (slower than 6mph) and was nearly rammed by a go fast boat cutting across my port bow at a high rate of speed.
In both cases it had nothing to do with the vessels, but everything to do with the fools at the helm!
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to which Cal replied:
It also had nothing to do with speed since they could still cut across you bow at 25 mph. Which could have wound up being worse , since they may not have cleared your bow in time. Sounds more like the 150' law anyway.
So since Captain Bonehead already broke the 150' rule what makes you think they would observe the speed limit?
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I think that was my point!
Fools at the helm is the problem.
BTW he cross the port bow with about 3 feet to spare, so yes, he violated the 150' rule as well as failing to post a lookout and traveling at a speed exceeding conditions. (I wouldn't even venture a guess but it was far in excess of 25MPH)
So the MP could have gotten him on three violations, that's a $15,000 fine! But, no MPs in the area!
So how is enforcement going to change?