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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Fri Dec 14 2001 - 11:15:03 EST
Since I am on the verge of jumping off to the Bahamas I don't want to take the time to researh the items you've referenced.
I am at no time indicating that one should not keep some kind of watch to see that the anchor does not drag. That is prudent to do.
However, it has ***nothing*** to do with whether or not you are in a designated anchorage. If you are anchored out of the channel, and display thr proper dayshape or appropriately visible anchor light, and someone hits you, I do not think that the liability is yours, whether you keep an anchor watch or not. After all, a power boat going 40 mph will hit you before your alarm can even wake you up.
The liability-part comes if you anchor in a channel, or if you don't display the proper signal to indicate that you are anchored.
We all know (sometimes from personal experience) that commercial shipping does not always follow the rules re: keeping a lookout, monitoring the radio, running the radar etc. So if you desire not to have your boat run down and sunk while you are anchored, it is most important to anchor where that is unlikely to happen, regardless of what the other boats do or don,t do.
If you personally want to run your radar while you are anchored, and have the power resources to do that, then be my guest. It might be better IMHO to keep the GPS on with the alarm set to warn you if the anchor is dragging, and that will probably take less power and be more effective as an anchor watch as it addresses the PURPOSE of the anchor watch more directly. The purpose of the anchor watch is NOT to keep other boats from hitting you - it is to keep you from dragging and hitting THEM.
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Grandma Rosalie:
Also checkout 33USC1602etseq and 33USC2001-2073.Rules of good seamanship
including rule2 and rules 4-10 have been interpreted as requiring vessels to
keep a lookout and anchor watch. If you don't and a collision occurs and
you are not in a designated anchorage you may will bear some responsibility.
It really is a codification of what most prudent seaman do anyway. If I am
in a remote area anchored up without any other boats around I always put my
radar set on anchor watch and it alarms when any vessel comes in the area.
Only problem is I sleep through the alarm most of the time. I'm going to try
to hookup an external burglar type alarm to my radar watchwhen I can
figure it out.
John
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> THen I got the whole CFR and it says
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> Sec. 164.01 Applicability.
>
> (a) This part (except as specifically limited herein) applies to
> each self-propelled vessel of 1600 or more gross tons (except foreign
> vessels described in Sec. 164.02) when it is operating in the navigable
> waters of the United States except the St. Lawrence Seaway
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I don't know why the SLS is excluded. Do you anchor in it? Is it under Canadian rules?
>
> It seems clear to me that an anchor watch is to be maintained by large
> boats that could cause damage to various other boats and shore facilities
> to see that the anchor does not drag. It does not have anything to do
> with whether or not it is an approved anchorage or not.
>
grandma Rosalie, CSY 44
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