Stand-on and give-way in crossing

Greene's Basin Girl · 06-23-2014, 12:29 PM

The boat on your "RIGHT" has the "RIGHT" of way. Very simple to remember!

Weekend Pundit · 06-23-2014, 07:33 PM

Famous last words.

I have to agree that while the regs are quite specific, too many of the boaters out there these days are either Captain Boneheads or just totally effin' clueless. Sometimes they're one in the same. I err on the side of caution when dealing with these 'people'.

On weekends is when we see them the most, which is why most of my boating is during the week, particularly after work. (I find an hour out on the lake after work is just as calming as a couple of beers, but without the bad side effects. My wife says she can always tell when I've just come off the lake: I'm always calm, cool, and laid back.)

dpg · 06-24-2014, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Green's Basin Girl

The boat on your "RIGHT" has the "RIGHT" of way. Very simple to remember!

That's the ticket I like that one...

ITD · 06-24-2014, 06:03 AM

"Here lies the body of Johnny O'Day
Who died Preserving His Right of Way.

He was Right, Dead Right, as he sailed along
But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong"

quoted by Eric Hiscock in "Cruising Under Sail", Oxford University Press, 1st edn, 1950.

(Lifted from another forum....)

06-23-2014, 07:33 PM	#2
Weekend Pundit Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gilford Posts: 347 Thanks: 26 Thanked 69 Times in 42 Posts	"But I had the right of way!" Famous last words. I have to agree that while the regs are quite specific, too many of the boaters out there these days are either Captain Boneheads or just totally effin' clueless. Sometimes they're one in the same. I err on the side of caution when dealing with these 'people'. On weekends is when we see them the most, which is why most of my boating is during the week, particularly after work. (I find an hour out on the lake after work is just as calming as a couple of beers, but without the bad side effects. My wife says she can always tell when I've just come off the lake: I'm always calm, cool, and laid back.)

06-23-2014, 12:29 PM	#1
Greene's Basin Girl Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Moultonborough, NH Posts: 1,515 Thanks: 394 Thanked 527 Times in 269 Posts	The boat on your "RIGHT" has the "RIGHT" of way. Very simple to remember!

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06-24-2014, 06:03 AM	#4
ITD Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonboro, NH Posts: 2,931 Thanks: 478 Thanked 693 Times in 388 Posts	"Here lies the body of Johnny O'Day Who died Preserving His Right of Way. He was Right, Dead Right, as he sailed along But he's just as dead as if he'd been wrong" quoted by Eric Hiscock in "Cruising Under Sail", Oxford University Press, 1st edn, 1950. (Lifted from another forum....)