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Re: lights and shapes
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Jun 12, 11:06 -0400
From: Jared Sherman
Date: 2003 Jun 12, 11:06 -0400
George- I have electronic copes of the USCG COLREGS, in HTML format (56kb, 2001 version) and PDF (1.1MB, 2003 version) which I would be glad to email to any list members who want them. I would expect that the reason there are no towing *requirements* for sail driven vessels are simply because sail driven tow boats are no longer found on the high seas. Nevertheless, if I saw a sailboat showing the day shapes for "under power" I would be even more astounded. They simply are not used in US waters, and I don't even recall seeing them on the tall ships here for OpSail, including our own USCG training bark. There is nothing however that would stop a sailboat from using the same signals to show the same condition. Or, a simple flag signal. Of course flag signals can also result in rampant confusion. Here the fuel barges all fly the Bravo flag (Explosives on board, stand clear) but the racing boats all fly a protest flag that looks remarkably similar and I'd hate to bet how many sailors couldn't tell the two apart. On that, I have to agree with you. Even if you omit the last three words.
