That article had me laughing. “Conversely, Navy ships often are unnecessarily rigid in their adherence to ColRegs. They hold fast to rules such as “stand on vessel”—the privileged ship with regard to right of way—and sometimes will maintain course and speed until in extremis.” - Bullshit. ‘Unnecess…

[image] rmurphy1966: In some places, a twenty degree course change will place you in another hazardous situation. Roger that. Not what I would do transiting the Straits of Gibraltar, eh…

[image] Lee_Shore: The communication is done over the VHF as in: “Hey cap, I see you’re getting pushed toward the bank by the current, how about I see you on two whistles.” Never heard anybody use those terms. Just port and starboard. And yes, tugs… maybe there are regional differences

[image] Snusmumriken: Never heard anybody use those terms If you sail out of Long Beach you probably never will.

Long Beach, Los Angeles (San Pedro) is my home port. Yeah. But I’ve sailed with tug guys with a whole lot more experience on tugs etc than I will ever have and I’ve never heard them use that. What’s the region where this is common?

Gulf of Mexico and most of the east coast. Interesting to me to find out it doesn’t jump over to the west coast but the example lee shore gave is about as accurate as it gets in my opinion. Do your tug guys over there use terms like “hook it up” when they’re pushing full ahead? Now I’m interested …

[image] DeckApe: “Captain port to port one mile okay?” That sounds more like U.S. inland type situation, a confirmation of a obvious passing situation. “What are your intentions” would be more applicable to a pre- RULE 34 situation: (d) When vessels in sight of one another are approachin…

I’ve heard it used offshore on a regular basis in the Gulf too. Show of hands, how many of you OSV guys have heard something along the lines of “M/V Coullion, outbound at the candlesticks, see all inbounders on the one.” Rabbit field and hole-in-the-wall are outside the demarcation line, but they’re…

[image] jbtam99: I’ve heard it used offshore on a regular basis in the Gulf too. Show of hands, how many of you OSV guys have heard something along the lines of “M/V Coullion, outbound at the candlesticks, see all inbounders on the one.” Rabbit field and hole-in-the-wall are outside the demarcat…

[image] Traitor_Yankee: You don’t have to be Norwegian to get it. The world would be a better place if we could all be Norwegian. No more ship collisions, wars, poverty, or famine.

[image] Traitor_Yankee: That’s a product of the lack of professionalism you see among a lot of the OSV operators. “I’m just a boat driver, no college degree here.” Amen to that.

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