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Am 02.03.2025 um 01:28 schrieb John B.:
> On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 13:18:22 -0500, Catrike Ryder
> <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Sat, 1 Mar 2025 12:59:56 -0500, Frank Krygowski
>> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On 3/1/2025 9:14 AM, AMuzi wrote:
>>>>
>>>> A few thousand years of human interaction (with laws, rules, customs,
>>>> and case records) has resulted in some widely accepted general rules and
>>>> this is one.
>>>>
>>>> For example, one application of that:
>>>>
>>>> https://everything2.com/title/Law+of+Gross+Tonnage
>>>>
>>>> "The heavier vessel always has the right-of-way.
>>>
>>> That obviously is not the case on roads, neither legally nor practically.
>>
>> That's absolutely practical from my perspective. That's an issue I've
>> no intention of arguing.
> 
> The Gross Tonnage rule is based on the fact that a larger ship is far
> less maneuverable then a lighter, smaller vessel and momentum, also
> enters into the equation - 100 tons is obviously much more difficult
> (floating in the water) to stop, then 1  ton.

The correct forumlation of the law on sea is "the less maneuverable ship 
has right of way".  Normally the larger ship is assumed to be the less 
maneuverable ship unless one of the two ships in question is a sail ship 
or a human powered boat.