Misty Blue: We all know NH is a world unto itself when it comes to boating, but if I were an attorney, and I am not, I would say if no NH rule applies or contradicts the Colregs, then the Colregs apply.
Secondcurve: I'll have to look that one up, but why would you think that someone coming out of a marina or harbor would have the right of way over a vessel already underway?
In the case of the Thurston's example, not only are you leaving the gas dock and cutting across traffic, but the traffic to your port is heading down stream and going with the current. That automatically gives them the right of way even over vessels in the same channel coming from Paugus Bay into the Weirs.
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