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What Constitutes A 'Vessel' ?
From: Paul N. Nix
Date: 2002 Jan 13, 12:51 PM
From: Paul N. Nix
Date: 2002 Jan 13, 12:51 PM
Sunday Afternoon 13 January 2002 I can't take anymore of this 'right-of-way' stuff. We've had sail boats being mulled-over and now it's row boats. What is a vessel ? If I go down to the Texas Gulf Coast and push-off into the Intra- coastal Waterway (not likely) on an innertube (sp?) does that constitute a 'vessel' and would I therefore be the captain ? Normally my concerns about the rules-of-the-road begin-and-end with bass fishermen and a few power boats when I'm out trying to have a quiet sail on a lake on the NE side of Dallas. It sounds much more complicated in the larger world. Regards; Paul