Adrift

Adrift
Posted 2015, Dec 13 20:59
In your statement about an adrift vessel, you say that it is underway, and "must give way" to a sailboat. However, I have a couple of issue with this: 1) The reference picture shows a sailboat with no sails, which would make it a power boat, so in that case the "sailboat" should give way to the vessel adrift, 2) an adrift vessel can be pointing in any direction, and you could potentially be approaching from the stern, or it may even be drifting away from the sailboat. In either of those cases, the sailboat or powerboat would be an overtaking vessel, and would have to give way. 3) There is a difference between a vessel "under way" and "making way", and while a vessel adrift is considered underway, I think that unless they are in the middle of a narrow channel, or other thoroughfare where they are a hazard, a vessel "making" way (either by sail or power) should always give way.
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Reply 2016, Apr 19 22:00
1 Adrift is under power for a boat. 2. The sailboat is a power boat 3. The sailboat is on the powerboat's starboard side. It sees the sailboats red port side. So it must give way. I.e power boat crossing rules apply here.
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