Yes Ray, that is what i meant, I have been on several seizures of foreign vessels - WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE U.S.!!! One had a judgement from 15 years prior to returning, and it was in and out of the US multiple times before it was finally boarded and seized pending payment for the court order.
And he is responsible for his damages, to a "moored vessel" or "permanent structure". In this case, the larger vessel has the right of way to proceed down the ship channel in the course of commerce.
Look, I'm not here to cause any grief. I just wanted the guy to know that in his particular case, it may not be what it seems - to him. He has responsibilty to control his vessel as well, which from his report was not moored, which means he needs to steer a course/heading to avoid the larger vessel - and it's wake!
But like I said, let me know how that works out for you!!!!!
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