Matt said: > It is my recollection that the International Rules apply on any waters that > are navigable to the sea. This may very well be the case. My info about behind the breakwater or not came about as a result of a call I made to the local Coast Guard station two years ago. Several of us were planning a crossing of the Santa Barbara Channel to Anacapa Island. We were launching before dawn and were also concerned about fog. Several of the paddlers in the group had strobes on their PFD's and wondered if they could be used to increase our visibility in the dark and possible fog. We knew that according to the Inland Rules, strobes are a distress signal, but according to the International Rules, strobes don't have any meaning. After being transferred from one person to another, a petty officer who spoke with confidence, told us we could turn the strobes on once we were past the breakwater because at that time we would be subject to the International Rules. Before that, since we were in a harbor, it was Inland Rules. I don't know if this Petty Officer was correct, but we did use the strobes after clearing the breakwater. Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 18 2002 - 22:13:08 PDT
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