Question to the Captains about trolling courtesy & protocol in a pack

[wakina]

I've found that to many boaters don't know the boat on your right has the right of way and the boat on your left should give way and give you the right of way. and then you've got the 10% of boaters that just don't care who has the right of way. they'll stay there course until your forced to make sharp turns and sometimes have to cross to close to other boats to be comfortable. even if I have the right of way and see I'm going to get to close to the other boat i'll start adjusting my course and speed to clear there boat.

I personally think every boater should have to take a boaters course to at least learn who has the right of way. but theres just nothing you can do about the 10% that just don't care.

Beyond the standard required safety equipment every boater should have to demonstrate knowledge of the "Nautical Rules of The Road". I think it should be required to purchase your registration decal and should be a federal law for everyone's safety on the water everywhere in the country. Last year there was a discussion about right of way and the "Nautical Rules of the Road" on this forum. One person in particular felt that under no circumstances should the "Nautical Rules of the Road" apply to him if he was trolling. The discussion after becoming heated finally ended when he took his keyboard/ball and went home/left from the forums. He was a perfect example of the 10% you are referring to!