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The faster ship should be at fault. They’re the one that faster and more manuverable.

Remember the incident in which a chinese fighter jet ram into an US Reconnaissance Plane?


24 posted on 01/06/2010 4:59:27 AM PST by 4rcane
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The law of the sea requires, when both ships are powered and underway, that the more maneuverable vessel "git out the way". It's not necessarily a size thing but usually it is.

Powered vessels are supposed to give way to sail powered vessels ~ presumably an aircraft carrier should yield to a sunfish sailboat but they rarely do ~ it's the maneuverability thing.

59 posted on 01/06/2010 5:38:08 AM PST by muawiyah
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