Who has the Right Of Way

[BrunoSR]

Originally Posted by 8gv

Chapman's Piloting and Seamanship covers this.

Type "Meeting" in the search line and look for page 157.

I often pass Stbd to Stbd when there is adequate clearance as noted in the book.

Did this start as a meeting situation or was he first crossing from your port?

No matter how egregious I think another boater's rule breaking appears to be, I back off. No doubt I have given others cause for concern in my boating career.

https://books.google.com/books/about...d=gOLEhDB0vzgC

He came from my starboard side. I was up against Pine Island and he was coming from Bear Island. He crossed almost 800 yards of open entrance to go into the bay I was exiting. There weren't any other boats around us. No reason to do what he did.