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Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

21-08-2019, 20:09

Replies: 353

Did I have to give way? Plus short-long blast.

Views: 37,578

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Did I have to give way? Plus short-long blast.

Yes. This has been a frustrating thread to read for many reasons. First someone quite new to the forum who seems to have been asking a good faith question got beat up on, more or less called...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

31-05-2019, 12:26

Replies: 228

anchor-outs have significantly harmed the ecosystem

Views: 25,183

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: anchor-outs have significantly harmed the ecosystem

I don't think the thrust of these arguments really is "nothing matters if it's not the worst thing happening."

It seems to me more these people have to live somewhere in some way and...

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

08-04-2019, 11:42

Replies: 48

Where can I find new terminals for this cable?

Views: 4,798

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Where can I find new terminals for this cable?

The 300mm die will probably work. In any event, they can be found, similarly priced with dies for up to 600MCM. It's a lot cheaper than thousands of dollars.

Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar

08-04-2019, 11:22

Replies: 48

Where can I find new terminals for this cable?

Views: 4,798

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Where can I find new terminals for this cable?

Crimping should be no problem. Just get a set of hydraulic crimping pliers. They can be found on Amazon for $40-$60.

These have crimping dies from 16-300 mm^2 so your MCM wire is in the middle...

Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress

14-11-2018, 00:01

Replies: 41

responding to tsunami in a marina

Views: 11,224

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: responding to tsunami in a marina

I don't think any general answer can be given to this question. First the warning period you will have can vary dramatically. You might have several hours warning or, in the case of a lituya bay...

Forum: Liveaboard's Forum

12-11-2018, 21:51

Replies: 103

Men's Underwear Confessional!

Views: 22,014

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Men's Underwear Confessional!

Linen is the fabric of the gods. And boxer shorts made from it can be had. For a price. Baggier, more freely moving, and linen pants and shorts can also do much to remedy the flaws of other sorts...

Forum: Emergency, Disaster and Distress

31-08-2018, 22:18

Replies: 24

Four dead in Lake Superior

Views: 8,750

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Four dead in Lake Superior

Yes, drysuit. A drysuit's insulating ability depends on what you have under it but survival times are many multiples of a wetsuit. In addition, drysuits are generally bright colors while wetsuits...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

31-08-2018, 17:22

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

This isn't quite right and the claim is at best dicta. The court concluded the facts showed that Granholm would have seen the Express more than thirty minutes before the collision so that he was...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

31-08-2018, 16:54

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

There are accounts of single handed ocean crossings significantly older than Slocum's. In addition, you are ignoring the principal reason men of limited means went out to sea -- fishing. Single...

Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling

31-08-2018, 02:00

Replies: 190

Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

Views: 35,215

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Singlehanded passage making, Best Practices

YES.

They come from the Convention on the International Regulations for PREVENTING Collisions at Sea.

They exist from a desire to and as part of a project to PREVENT collisions at sea.
...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

31-08-2018, 01:07

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Thinking more about how to explain why I've been insistent on this and what bothers me about saying it's illegal I've come up with this:

When we say single handing is illegal or a violation of the...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

30-08-2018, 16:38

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

A bit of levity

The pyjamas suggest to me that the occupants of the boats were sleeping below.

https://www.express.co.uk/travel/articles/1010804/cruise-ship-devon-saga-cruises-crash/amp

They...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

30-08-2018, 10:46

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

I agree with some of this, though having the same rule for ships and small craft doesn't mean there should be, or even are identical obligations for each. Physics drives consequences here and...

Forum: General Sailing Forum

29-08-2018, 21:43

Replies: 29

Traditional Nautical Clothing?

Views: 14,328

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Traditional Nautical Clothing?

In that spirit, I'll contribute my two cents to this old thread.

I'm not inherently anti-synthetic, but they are never quite as breathable, waterproof, or durable as one would like or their...

Forum: Anchoring & Mooring

29-08-2018, 19:31

Replies: 173

Fabricate spade anchor

Views: 17,752

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Fabricate spade anchor

Things a prudent mariner may want to keep in mind when reading this thread:

1: Treat things you read on the internet with extreme skepticism

2: if you're proposing to copy or adapt something...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

29-08-2018, 15:04

Replies: 20

State and local rules in conflict with colregs

Views: 2,774

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: State and local rules in conflict with colregs

It USED to be the case that state and local governments could make non-conflicting regulations but that changed recently (2014 I think) when the coast guard promulgated new regulations (33 CFR 329)...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

29-08-2018, 11:58

Replies: 20

State and local rules in conflict with colregs

Views: 2,774

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: State and local rules in conflict with colregs

It's not really true that lakes within the boundaries of a state are not inland waters of the United States. They might be but then again they may not and it's not necessarily possible to tell from...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

28-08-2018, 16:48

Replies: 20

State and local rules in conflict with colregs

Views: 2,774

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: State and local rules in conflict with colregs

Consult a lawyer in the jurisdiction for legal advice &c., but the question is addressed in 83 CFR 83.01(a)

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

28-08-2018, 15:48

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Not just whose territorial waters you are in but under whose flag you sail. Even on the open ocean if you are sailing a US flagged vessel then the US implementation of the colregs can reach you. ...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

28-08-2018, 15:40

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

The guy who started the thread has said multiple times that though he thinks making long single handed passages is illegal he does not wish to stop single handed sailing. My guess is that he thinks...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

28-08-2018, 12:05

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

I think we may be going in circles at this point but:

My argument has nothing to do with the allocation of resources to enforcement or the difficulties in enforcement. My argument is also not...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

28-08-2018, 01:16

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

I feel a little guilty here, and a little chauvinist, for allowing a better example still, Ellen McArthur, to slip my mind. How does one square the claim that long distance single handed sailing is...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

28-08-2018, 00:36

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Sometimes! Often, though, it'd be dead simple. Even in a criminal prosecution it's generally permissible to draw reasonable inferences from established facts and if someone arrived in Hawaii and...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

27-08-2018, 15:40

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

The most reasonable reading of the rule is that it contains two requirements:

1) a proper lookout by sight and hearing
2) Use of any available other means appropriate to the prevailing...

Forum: Rules of the Road, Regulations & Red Tape

27-08-2018, 12:52

Replies: 896

Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Views: 66,953

Posted By JohnHutchins

Re: Rule 5 -- Is Single-Handing Illegal?

Also, where I say "a ban on single handed sailing" I am using shorthand for"a ban on long distance passage making by a solo sailor such that it is impossible for the sailor to remain awake for the...

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