Teach me something useful about a subject you know very well.
Doesn't have to be a detailed lesson, in fact ideally just a few words or a single post.
Boosts appreciated, 2023 is coming and I'd like to get smarter. Maybe we can all get a bit smarter.
I'll start:
My job is voiceovers and I can tell you with absolute confidence that reading your writing out loud is like a magic trick for better proofreading.
The mouth stumbles on mistakes the eyes glide over.
@ConorMahood The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions, or COLREGS, define a strict order of precedence for what boat has the right of way in any situation. Broadly speaking, the order is:
- any vessel being overtaken
- not under command
- restricted ability to maneuver
- constrained by draft
- engaged in _commercial_ fishing
- sailboats
- powerboats
- seaplanes
- any overtaking vessel
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When two boats of equal status meet, generally the one on the right goes first. Sailboats have special rules:
- A sailboat on a starboard tack has right of way over a sailboat on a port tack
- If two sailboats are on the same tack, the leeward sailboat has right of way.
If a sailboat is running its motor for propulsion, it counts as a power boat.
Conor Mahood
Chris Agocs