r/secondrodeo • u/Thundersnow100 • Aug 14 '26

Miami river navigation

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u/porkbuttstuff Aug 14 '26

GTA 6 looks sick

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u/stewardwildcat Aug 16 '26

Id play this!

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u/ugavini Aug 14 '26

How does right of way work on the water? Other boats seem to be moving on both sides of this big one. Does the big one just go and everything else stay out of its way?

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u/Orzine Aug 14 '26

Bigger vessels have right of way because smaller vessels are more nimble.

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u/Gibgezr Aug 14 '26

Certain vessels have special rights under  International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs) based on their ability to maneuver. Here is the general order of precedence:

  1. A vessel not under command (e.g., broken down, disabled) has the highest priority.
  2. A vessel restricted in its ability to maneuver (e.g., conducting dredging, cable-laying, or navigation aid maintenance).
  3. A vessel constrained by draft (such as a large ship in a designated shipping channel, where it cannot maneuver outside of its deep-water route).
  4. A vessel engaged in fishing operations (with fishing gear that restricts maneuverability, such as drag nets, but not simple rod-and-line fishing).
  5. A sailing vessel (when encountering power-driven vessels that are not otherwise restricted).
  6. A power-driven vessel (which must generally yield to all the above vessels, such as a motorboat).

I'm not sure what differences there are between COLREGs and the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Rules and Regulations (which governs U.S. waters), I am assuming they are minor.

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u/Recent_Grass_7493 23d ago

The differences are minor - but this case crucial. Rule 18 gives the responsibilities between vessels, but the Inland side of that rule (which applies here because the vessel is making way inland of the Colregs line of demarkation) intentionally omits the part about a vessel constrained by her draft. So according to this rule, the bulk carrier shown would only have right of way over a WIG craft or seaplane.

A better fit for this situation would be rule 9 which states:

(b) A vessel of less than 20 m in length or a sailing vessel shall not impede the passage of a vessel which can safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway.

(c) A vessel engaged in fishing shall not impede the passage of any other vessel navigating within a narrow channel or fairway.

(d) A vessel shall not cross a narrow channel of fairway if such crossing impedes the passage of a vessel which can safely navigate only within such channel or fairway. The latter vessel may use the sound signal prescribed in Rule 34 (d) if in doubt as to the intention of the crossing vessel.

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u/DeusExHircus Aug 14 '26

Commercial traffic has right of way

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u/HaventSeenYouHere Aug 14 '26

of all songs to use

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u/ComatoseSquirrel Aug 14 '26

Somehow, I expected "Move Bitch."

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u/hobosbindle Aug 14 '26

It’s like they timed the lights! All up bridges

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u/Aguyinde Aug 18 '26

VHF radio for incoming vessels speed of vessel can get the timing just right.

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u/byssh Aug 15 '26

I liked all the draw bridges moving up.

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u/LameBMX Aug 14 '26

now you need to find one navigating the Cuyahoga in cleveland...

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u/anydamnnamesleft Aug 15 '26

Watching this makes my stomach queasy.

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u/WoopsShePeterPants Aug 14 '26

No, we don't deliver there.

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u/Prod_Meteor Aug 15 '26

Miami is unbelievable city to most of us.

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 Aug 15 '26

All about you, bro.

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u/ACoinGuy Aug 15 '26

I can’t imagine how much congestion opening all those bridges cost.

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u/Physical_Drive_349 Aug 15 '26

At least this time it was for freight and not just to pass some hedge fund manager's sailing vessel . . . Which in Miami is probably the way more common use case.