If I am trolling north in my 30 ft sportcraft and on my port side i see a 18 ft lund is trolling east. We are on a collision course. Who has the right of way? who is the give way boat and who is the stand on boat? and why?
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If I am trolling north in my 30 ft sportcraft and on my port side i see a 18 ft lund is trolling east. We are on a collision course. Who has the right of way? who is the give way boat and who is the stand on boat? and why?
As a boater you are to try to avoid collision at all times. Since the boat is on your left and that makes you on his right he has right away. But some of my customers would say BIGGER BOAT WINS.
come on CAPTBRIAN, you were tested on this.......right???
Crossing Situation
(OAC 1501:47-2-15)
When two power-driven vessels are crossing and risk of collision exists, the vessel which has the other on its starboard side shall keep out of the way and shall avoid crossing ahead of the other vessel.
A vessel crossing a river shall keep out of the way of a power-driven vessel ascending or descending the river.
If a vessel is on your port side and you are on a collision course, you have the right away.
Now to answer the other questions:
Stand on boat = 30ft sport
Give Way baot = 18ft lund
Why?=
Any course correction rigt by the stand on boat will not avoid collision, and a course correction left by the stand on boat just closes the gap faster.
A simple course correction right (or slow down) by the give way boat will avoid collision.
Great answer bocajemma!!!! Any boat on your right side (starboard) HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY.. the size of the boat does not matter.. Remember this green light go, red light stop. When you approuch another vessel and you see his green light (starboard side) you have the right of way. If you see his red light (port side) he has the right of way..
Why is it that when many people get in a boat, they don't remember there are rules to follow on the lake also? Or, is it those same idiot drivers I encounter on the road also own boats? They don't know that red means stop on the streets either.
I have seen alot of people that need to read this post. I dont know how many times I have been out on the lake and had to change my course because someone has no idea of the navigation rules. Keep up the good posts and reports Skipper9!
I was always told the boat on the RIGHT has the RIGHT of way. A few people always seem to go with I have right of way no matter what.
18' lund has right of way. cause ur looking at his red lite on his starboard side.
been fishing erie for 35 years and my rule is to avoid all the people that dont know the rules give up the right away.what really gets my sheephead is when your casting for walleye got a top of water bite and someones comes in fullblast and stops in your drift. happens a lot
Green light is on starboard (right side of boat). Red light is on port. If yours are different, you better fix them.....Quote:
Originally Posted by paul meisner
Better fix them!!!! WOW!!! I laughed for ten mins.Quote:
Originally Posted by bocajemma
I am laughing right with ya Jim, a few on here should know better. I know of a few companies that hand out capt lic like they are nothing. Some of the guys I know never taught the very basic stuff and the course fee was low. You get what ya pay for. I went to one of the best schools and took the USCG test without any problems. Perch Charters available for this fall , my schedule has open dates.Quote:
Originally Posted by skipper9
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Not putting anyone down but I got a few laughs out of this one as well. Wonder how many boaters know which side is port and which is starboard?
Here is another one which should be common knowledge:
We returning from the lake going into a marked channel of a river, marina, etc., what color is the channel marker on the right?
rule to remember red,right,return for channel marker,port side of boat,remember ,THE GUY ORDERING A BEER ,we have no RED PORT LEFT .hope this will help ,dave
In pauls defense if he was looking at his boat and someone had turned the light or lense around he might not even had know it without this talk. I have seen boats that have their bow light turned around the wrong way. Some times all of us miss the most simplest of things that are common sense and right in front of us. hince the saying if it would had been a snake it would had been bit me. But a new boater might not know which way is correct or not. thats why they have boaters saftey courses, good reminders for us all
Red Right ReturnQuote:
Originally Posted by bocajemma
I just remember that the 3 shorter words go together. Red vs Green. Left vs Right. And Port vs Starboard. Red, left and port vs Green, right, and starboard.
To keep the Story going, how about the ass holes that fly through the packs of anchored fisherman
The solution to that situation is to get yourself a good high powered paintball gun. Splatter the side of the a...hole boat then repoet it to the CG and confirm the color order splatered on his boat. The CG will be able to identify the boat by the colors and issue the citation. Afterall he has to be very close in order for the paint balls to hit his boat and that will prove just how close he was. This actually happened to a fellow out east that fishes in a very small rowboat.Quote:
Originally Posted by rsfrail
Airshot
I think a lot of people out there don't care what the rules are and as far as they are concerned they are on the only boat out there that matters. Best rule of thumb is to always assume the person you are dealing with does not know the rules and boat defensively. No matter how good the fishing is the #1 rule has to be you and your crew making it back to the dock safely.
What happened to the "golden rule" that transfers to water right. Given right away and so on...common sense/saftey is 1. I think paint ballen would leave to more dock n shore activities. I've sent one invite, but no dancers...lol. But maybe the paint ball maybe the trick for the birds at rear of boat.