Collision Avoidance at Sea

[Kennebec_Captain]

@Jughead

What seems to be controversial is that I said warships I had served in tended to keep well clear of merchant ships (by altering away before there’s any need to invoke the rules) and almost deferential to them.

But that’s not what you said.

@Jughead

My naval experience at sea was that we almost invariably avoided merchant ships by early, bold course changes regardless of our right of way. In this way we showed our intentions and didn’t chatter about it.