Where's the on the water etiquette ?

[Moonzy1]

Originally Posted by Capt Joe

If you are going to operate a boat (any size) know the RULES OF THE ROAD otherwise pay to go fishing or boating.
Raging tide at your stern does NOT mean you have the right of way at the Manasquan railroad bridge.( "a narrow channel") FIND THE RULE and next time your in your boat abide by it. Knowing the rule could save your life.

Every little shit finger that comes through that bridge thinks they have the right of way because the tide is behind them -----WRONG----!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ya I know the rules mr shit finger and i also never said tide gets the right of way. I said the glimmer glass operator calls the right of way w the tide. It makes sense and keeps it much safer for all since most dont know the rules as well as you your saltiness.

Above all, safe boating is about common sense and when a much larger boat than you is on a approach through w the tide at his stern, you shouldnt cram in to his port side w inches to spare.

[Capt Joe]

"Does anyone else feel the bridge operator shop be more of a quarterback on busy days??" (Moonzy1)

This is just precious. Bridge tender as traffic cop.
You implied conditions same at railroad as glimmer glass...please.
CG 169 - Rule 9. I'm not going to read it for you. Nothing else needs to be said. Common sense is delightful. Regulations are precise.

[Moonzy1]

Who asked you to read it?

Precise you say?


Rule 9 a.A vessel proceeding along the course of a narrow channel or fairway shall keep as near to the outer limit of the channel or fairway which lies on her starboard side as is safe and practicable. -- Safe and practicable is a relative term and will vary from boater to boater and boat to boat...current will also be a variable factor as to what is "safe and practicable"

Rule 9 b. A vessel of less than 20 meters in length or a sailing vessel shall not impede the passage of a vessel which can safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway. -- Does your "precise" rule for safely navigate mean that if the channel is 20' wide and the stand on vessel has a beam of 13', another vessel of beam 7' or less can safely pass through at the same time?

These rules are not precise as you say. They are guidelines which require common sense to be effective...and also somewhat open to an uncertain level interpretation. ----items of precision do not. They usually can be measured and quantified.

Theres a well known profession based on this fact.....its called The Practice of Law.

My implication was that the bridge operator there calls the right of way w the tide...nothing really about the conditions.Why do you attempt to minimize my reference to the Glimmer Glass anyway?
Are they both not "narrow" are they both not "drawbridges? So far identical comparisons except for the fact that the currents are way worse at the train bridge...my point exactly.

What else you got? I can do this all day.

[Capt Joe]

Rule 9 b. A vessel of less than 20 meters in length or a sailing vessel shall not impede the passage of a vessel which can safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway. -- Does your "precise" rule for safely navigate mean that if the channel is 20' wide and the stand on vessel has a beam of 13', another vessel of beam 7' or less can safely pass through at the same time?

No it means if your in your 32 Regulator with the tide, and there is a 70+ foot party boat coming through, stay the hell out of the way. You do not have the right of way. Do we really have to decide if the Squan railroad is a narrow channel? Please.
Would be nice if the kayakers would get lost also. Talk about a pain in the ass.

[courbeco]

Rule 9d would also apply in this same 32 Regulator scenario....