[image] Stena Immaculate on fire off UK Hopefully the Stena Immaculate was making the requisite sound signals of a vessel in fog. I assume her AIS was indicating that she was a vessel at anchor and to whether she used her VHF to warn the Solong will be certainly be of concern to the subsequent en…

I think she was secured alongside in Fremantle. There were only a couple of crew onboard as watchmen.

[image] requiem: Where… Tied up alongside, I believe.

[image] requiem: Where… where you becalmed at the time? My ship was berthed. I was home in bed. I think the rules gave me fairly solid justification for not getting under way and out of the way. What do you think? [image] STS Leeuwin hit by Maersk Shekou in Fremantle Port …

[image] Riverwanderer: [image] Jughead: No, I’m not. Which rule requires a sailing vessel to motor? In short, Rule 2 That’s the rule that requires the other vessel to also observe the ordinary practice of seamen ie go around because he can see plainly a becalmed sailing vessel, somethi…

I’m not saying you should just stand on, in fact the opposite, however once extremis has been met both vessels are obliged to maneuver. If a collision were to occur and you stood in front of the inquiry and said “i didn’t maneuver because i was a becalmed sailboat” I would fully expect them to fin…

[image] Jughead: I have to say I’m getting sick of saying that probably fifty times so far in the thread above. It’s almost as if you should look inward and acknowledge that you do not, in fact, know everything and you may be wrong considering the amount of responses go against your own ideas…

It is still VERY common today (at least outside the US) for fishing boats to knock off the whole crew, send everyone to bed, and just leave the NUC lights on while they soak gear and drift nearby.

[image] BeerCaptain: It’s almost as if you should look inward I’m looking at the rules. [image] BeerCaptain: that you do not, in fact, know everything Neither do you. Nor does everybody else. We all have to know the special circumstances of each instance. [image] BeerCaptain: a…

[image] Riverwanderer: I’m not saying you should just stand on Why don’t you leave out everything else? Case closed. Go around. As I’ve said previously, the rules are to prevent collisions, not share the blame around after collisions.

[image] Jughead: My ship was berthed. I was home in bed. I think the rules gave me fairly solid justification for not getting under way and out of the way. What do you think? Yep, that’s an easy one! I think may have seen the original thread, but hadn’t made the connection. Sorry to hear the…

COLREGS Not Under Command

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ombugge March 22, 2025, 2:33pm 99

You are talking apples vs oranges here. This is the biggliest Caterpillar propulsion engine available:

https://www.cat.com/en_US/products/new/power-systems/marine-power-systems/commercial-propulsion-engines/18592094.html

Here is a typical diesel engine for a large container vessel:

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