Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on July 25, 2005 at 07:37:08 from 212.134.226.139 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Re: Give Way rules posted by Jock on July 24, 2005 at 23:04:19:
If you give way while holding the right of way you are not breaking any law provided that you make your intentions clear signal or by altering course unmistakeably.
Yes, on the Broads I would certainly try to help a boat beating up a narrow stretch of river. Similarly in some cases on the sea.
But not if they require you to do so because they think they are rich and important and that peasants should defer to them as a matter of course. It is like not giving way to people driving BMWs on the road.
My copy of Knight on Sailing was very cheap in a second hand bookshop. It might be worth searching for it on the Net.