http://www.redrightreturning.net/no-rules-somebody-say-1-2-3go Shedding light on the Marine Assistance & Salvage Industry Mon, 06 Jun 2011 00:53:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.redrightreturning.net/no-rules-somebody-say-1-2-3go/comment-page-1#comment-15 Capt. Kent Dresser Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:25:00 +0000 http://www.5goulds.com/archives/151#comment-15 Rule 2 also emphasizes my responsibility to use good seamanship at all times. The rule leaves a considerable amount of space for a CG inspector, Board of Inquiry, or Court to interpret my actions as good or bad seamanship based on opinion, expert testimony, case law, and more. My golden rule is this... "If I am doing something that sounds bad when I say it out loud to myself... I know it will sound bad when I say it in a pinch (or courtroom... or the 6:00 news)"... So if what I am doing doesn't sound good out loud, I reconsider my plan... Shoot... we are salvors... we are going to end up using plan b, c, or d anyway... no use using the plan that someone that sits at a desk for a living can hang me with in the name of leaglities. When John Fulwiler and I were running boats together in our early twenties I ran a salvage plan by him and he looked at me and said "Kent... what would you say in the courtroom..." Good advice John... I have used it successfully for 15 years. Rule 2 also emphasizes my responsibility to use good seamanship at all times. The rule leaves a considerable amount of space for a CG inspector, Board of Inquiry, or Court to interpret my actions as good or bad seamanship based on opinion, expert testimony, case law, and more. My golden rule is this… “If I am doing something that sounds bad when I say it out loud to myself… I know it will sound bad when I say it in a pinch (or courtroom… or the 6:00 news)”… So if what I am doing doesn’t sound good out loud, I reconsider my plan… Shoot… we are salvors… we are going to end up using plan b, c, or d anyway… no use using the plan that someone that sits at a desk for a living can hang me with in the name of leaglities. When John Fulwiler and I were running boats together in our early twenties I ran a salvage plan by him and he looked at me and said “Kent… what would you say in the courtroom…” Good advice John… I have used it successfully for 15 years.

]]> http://www.redrightreturning.net/no-rules-somebody-say-1-2-3go/comment-page-1#comment-14 C. Meyer Tue, 05 Jun 2007 12:56:00 +0000 http://www.5goulds.com/archives/151#comment-14 Homework, "Scanty" appears in Rule 7 both Inland and Int'l "Risk of Collision" referring to "Assumptions" being made on less than reliable information, including radar, as to the actual risk of collision. - C. Meyer Homework, “Scanty” appears in Rule 7 both Inland and Int’l “Risk of Collision” referring to “Assumptions” being made on less than reliable information, including radar, as to the actual risk of collision. – C. Meyer

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