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BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are aboard vessel "A" which is towing on open waters when vessel "B", a sailing vessel, is sighted off your port bow as shown in illustration D020RR below. Which vessel is the stand-on?

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Se Seahawkhelo · Dec 29, 2016
NUC
RHAM
CBD
Fishing
Sailing
Power driven
Seaplane
Se Seahawkhelo · Dec 29, 2016
NUC
RHAM
CBD
Fishing
Sailing
Power driven
Seaplane
ru rus3439 · May 30, 2017
why? A is RAM so has right of way
BM BM2Baldwin · Jun 7, 2017
Towing vessels aren't always RAM
ds dstompe · May 9, 2018
It's not a RAM because it's in open waters.
wb wbirch · May 17, 2018
rus3439 - A towing vessel must claim RAM status. Review the RAM definition in Rule 3.
Noting to do with open water, but the definition.
Dr Drcraw · Mar 4, 2019
Overtaken
NUC
RAM
CBD
Fish
Sail
PDV
Seaplane
WIG
Overtaken
Dr Drcraw · Mar 4, 2019
whoops

Overtaken
NUC
RAM
CBD
Fish
Sail
PDV
Seaplane
WIG
Overtaking
gm gmarshall0511 · May 26, 2020
To whom is the RAM status claimed? Simply by way of her day shapes? Can't it be presumed that a ship with a tow is restricted in its ability to maneuver - especially when compared to an approaching sailboat?