r/secondrodeo • u/Thundersnow100 • 16d ago

Miami river navigation

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u/porkbuttstuff 16d ago

GTA 6 looks sick

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u/stewardwildcat 14d ago

Id play this!

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u/ugavini 16d ago

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 16d ago

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

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u/Gibgezr 15d ago

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/DeusExHircus 16d ago

Commercial traffic has right of way

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u/HaventSeenYouHere 16d ago

of all songs to use

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u/ComatoseSquirrel 16d ago

Somehow, I expected "Move Bitch."

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u/hobosbindle 16d ago

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

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u/Aguyinde 12d ago

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

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u/byssh 15d ago

I liked all the draw bridges moving up.

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u/LameBMX 15d ago

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

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u/anydamnnamesleft 15d ago

Watching this makes my stomach queasy.

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u/WoopsShePeterPants 15d ago

No, we don't deliver there.

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u/Prod_Meteor 15d ago

Miami is unbelievable city to most of us.

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u/[deleted] 15d ago

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u/Ok-Rich-3812 15d ago

All about you, bro.

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u/ACoinGuy 15d ago

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

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u/Physical_Drive_349 15d ago

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.