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Indulging in this slightly-sterile argument as to whether the user of a
Walker log can protect his log by showing an appropriate towing signal, I
said there was no appropriate day-signal for a power vessel towing an
object if the tow was less than 200 metres. All I had to go on at that time
was a 1972 copy of colregs.

Doug Royer replied-
>George,without meaning to be argumenative,check the Colregs as there are
>proscribed signals for a tow < 200 m in lenght.

my response-

Doug, don't apologise to this list for being argumentative. For many of us,
it's a way of life. What would nav-L be without argument?

I have checked a more recent edition of colregs (1993), and it's still the
same, as I read it. The only day-signal required for a power-driven vessel
is if the tow is greater than 200 metres, when tower and towed must both
show a diamond. If I misunderstand this, or if the regs have changed since,
perhaps Doug will put me right.

George.

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