Re: [Paddlewise] FW: crossing ship channels safely?

From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_home.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 19:45:15 -0400
"Donald R. Reid" wrote:

> Mike, at sea ... according to all the 'rules and regs' ... a
> strobe, per sie, has no meaning ...
>
> A 'red strobe' might be interpreted as a distress signal ...
> but .. a white strobe will certainly 'catch their
> attentions' and that is the whole objective of the deal.
>
> To be honest, I am an ocean master .. I never qualified not
> studied the rules of the road for the Great Lakes ... but I
> do have the inland rules on my computer ... and I find
> nothing about strobes as 'distress' signals.

Check  http://www.cgaux.org/cgauxweb/manuals/vemanual/veman6d.htm
and do a search on "strobe".   It's the only online reference I could find
quickly.

I've never understood why the Inland rules differ from the ocean rules
in so many little things.


Mike






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