09-28-2020, 01:18 AM
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Ferry Fails to Yield to 50-MPH Sailboat...
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Originally Posted by Descant
I'm opposed to the NWZ for similar reasons. However, I ll speculate that it is easier to enforce than the 150' rule (which may be why no other state has such a rule. If you are too fast going by MP, you may get stopped. If there are two boats passing too close/too fast, to each other, which one do you stop? And, was it really less than 150'? If you re in a NWZ, it is obvious where you are, and it's an easy stop/ticket.
I note that prevailing winds coming from the NW lead to some good sized waves squeezing between Pig and Lockes, and depending on your course may give some difficulty to a boat trying to go <6 kts.
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A 50-meter rule is found elsewhere, and be more prevalent than one may think:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/new...ectid=12366758
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