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Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 23-08-2017, 21:21
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Posted By David M
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

I have gone out of my way countless times to take a ship astern so that I do not freak out the watch officer or the pilot. When one crosses ahead close (within a few minutes of the TCPA) it just...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 21-08-2017, 08:08
Replies: 169
Views: 17,474
Posted By David M
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

Go ahead and read the COLREG's themselves. But also purchase a book or two that interprets and clarifies the COLREG's. Reading the COLREG"S is difficult and boring as hell. The Rules themselves do...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 20-08-2017, 11:44
Replies: 169
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Posted By David M
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

If you only have a single radio then scan on both frequencies. Also, contact the other vessel well before time is getting so short that this does not become a problem. In the COLREGS it is called...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-08-2017, 08:47
Replies: 169
Views: 17,474
Posted By David M
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

If 16 and 13 are jammed then still stick to the COLREGS, always.

There is never a time or situation when the COLREG's are thrown out the window and it becomes a free for all. The COLREG's are...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-08-2017, 08:16
Replies: 169
Views: 17,474
Posted By David M
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

What I mean is that for the sailboat itself, there may be no course alteration available for passing at a specified CPA. Besides, being the sailing vessel, you for most situations are the stand on...
Forum: Seamanship & Boat Handling 18-08-2017, 07:36
Replies: 169
Views: 17,474
Posted By David M
Re: Collision Avoidance -- Dealing with Multiple Targets

I have a USCG unlimited radar endorsement on my license. This means that once every five years I have to go show that on a paper plotting sheet and on a radar simulator that I can do a two contact...
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