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01-08-2010, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by WhoIsDaffy View Post
a few points.

1. the maru should have immediatly come to all stop it did not.

2. it is the only way to turn unless you have bow thrusters which the gil does not have.

I too have quite a bit of experience with boats, on both calm rivers/lakes/canals and the open ocean.

what aplies on calm water has almost no bearing in open ocean
So the larger ship has the responsibility to heed to the position of the smaller ship?

I don't know nautical law, but this seems backwards to me.
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