NEITHER BOAT DOES. That current with/against rule is a Rule of Thumb not a COLREG. The party boat is NOT constrained by draft there and can certainly leave the channel. That's ludicrous its not Barnegat Bay. Nor is the party boat un-maneuverable or they would never get back into the slip without help.
NEITHER BOAT does. You'd be surprised how many licensed captains do not know rules they used to know 25 years ago.
As a practical matter the steel boat wins in a crash with a plastic boat. But it would be both boats at fault under COLREGS and the party boat captain is getting a piss test too.
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Originally Posted by cukes
It is supposed to be the vessel with the tide but not always a factor, there are vessels inability to maneuver, vessels constrained by their draft and just plain common sense, bridge operator has the say so
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