Next message: Jeff Bacon: "Re: lv-ab: Sailboat under power"
Ballantyne, Merrill wrote:
> So... Say I have an outboard on my sailboat, and the boat is drifting
> with sails furled, and I have the motor tilted out of the water and
> running (generally not a good idea, but nonetheless possible) and I'm
> trying to fix the motor and an accident occurs. Am I considered a power
> boat or sailboat underway?
>
> One can always come up with examples which can stretch the interpetation of existing law. I would guess that you would be considered a powerboat, underway but maybe making no way. However the fact that the prop shaft was not in the water and the engine was running but being worked on may mean you were not under command. I suspect the lawyers would fight. -Ken
>
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