Bill, You are correct that they are not mentioned, but they are still vessels: (a) The word “vessel” includes every description of water craft, including nondisplacement craft, WIG craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
Are they "powered" by paddles/oars etc? (b) The term “power-driven vessel” means any vessel propelled by machinery. Joel On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 1:51 PM, Bill Bina - gmail via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > The Colregs do not include rowboats, kayaks, canoes and paddleboards in > the pecking order, which means they have no specific priority over other > vessels. There was a time, when seaplanes were not included either. > Seaplanes were obligated to avoid interfering with any other vessel. > Swimmers, likewise have no status in the pecking order. Yeah, Rule 2 says > do whatever you can to avoid any collision, but vessels not in the pecking > order are obligated to avoid interfering with all other vessels in all > situations. They are never the "stand on vessel" > > The colregs are available to anyone who needs to know, and a copy should > be aboard every vessel. > > <www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/navrules/navrules.pdf> > > Bill Bina > > > > On 6/8/2016 1:33 PM, ALAN BERGEN via CnC-List wrote: > > It seems to me that there are a number of people on this list who don't > know the rules. Perhaps it's time to read Chapman's "Piloting, Seamanship > and Small Boat Handling". The pecking order is: rowboats (including > kayaks, canoes, paddle boards), sailboats, powerboats. Then there are > exceptions: tug pulling a barge moves up the pecking order; overtaking > boat moves down the pecking order and I'm sure there are more. > > Alan Bergen > 35 Mk III Thirsty > Rose City YC > Portland, OR > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All > Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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