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Forum: Powered Boats 15-03-2017, 12:43
Replies: 60
Views: 9,376
Posted By Stumble
Re: New to larger displacement boats..

You are just wrong, give me the name and hailing port of a vessel and a rough description and I can have the owners name, home address, phone number, and normally place of work in minutes. It's...
Forum: Powered Boats 15-03-2017, 07:54
Replies: 60
Views: 9,376
Posted By Stumble
Re: New to larger displacement boats..

No, row boats are slow they are not restricted. A vessel is only restricted if:

(g) The term "vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver" means a vessel which from the nature of her work is...
Forum: Powered Boats 14-03-2017, 19:26
Replies: 60
Views: 9,376
Posted By Stumble
Re: New to larger displacement boats..

It could be, and if you want to pay me to research it I would be happy to get in depth with it. But two of the larger circuits have held that you are responsible for your wake, and any damage it does...
Forum: Powered Boats 14-03-2017, 19:19
Replies: 60
Views: 9,376
Posted By Stumble
Re: New to larger displacement boats..

Ashedd,

Techincally... if you turn off the motor but can restart it at will you are still a motor driven vessel and technically are the give way vessel to sailboats.

If you are suffering from...
Forum: Powered Boats 14-03-2017, 10:50
Replies: 60
Views: 9,376
Posted By Stumble
Re: New to larger displacement boats..

I actually can't. It has been a long running argument I have been having with the USCG Districts 5 Safety Officer. I think the COLREGs treat them as power vessels since it is silent under Part A Rule...
Forum: Powered Boats 14-03-2017, 10:42
Replies: 60
Views: 9,376
Posted By Stumble
Re: New to larger displacement boats..

Nope, it absolutly is not. The presence of a no wake zone, or the lack of one, has nothing to do with liability for the damage your wake causes. As far as the courts are concerned hitting a vessel...
Forum: Powered Boats 13-03-2017, 11:53
Replies: 60
Views: 9,376
Posted By Stumble
Re: New to larger displacement boats..

It doesn't matter if you are in a no wake zone or not. If your wake does damage to someone else's boat you are still liable for the repairs. Just like if you are doing 35mph in a 35mph zone and the...
Forum: Powered Boats 13-03-2017, 10:55
Replies: 60
Views: 9,376
Posted By Stumble
Re: New to larger displacement boats..

It's very well settled law that the vessel that creates a wake is liable for any damage it does. There is no difference legally between hitting another boat with the bow of your boat, and hitting it...
Forum: Powered Boats 13-03-2017, 08:02
Replies: 60
Views: 9,376
Posted By Stumble
Re: New to larger displacement boats..

No, that boat isn't a displacement hull, it's somewhere between a semi-planing and planing hull, which is how it's able to get up on a plane in the first place.

Low speed maneuvering is always...
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