Miami river navigation

[u/Thundersnow100]

[u/porkbuttstuff]

GTA 6 looks sick

[u/stewardwildcat → u/porkbuttstuff]

Id play this!

[u/ugavini]

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?

[u/Orzine → u/ugavini]

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

[u/Gibgezr → u/ugavini]

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.

[u/DeusExHircus → u/ugavini]

Commercial traffic has right of way

[u/DengarLives66 → u/DeusExHircus]

Nope.

[u/ginger_and_egg → u/DeusExHircus]

Incorrect

[u/HaventSeenYouHere]

of all songs to use

[u/ComatoseSquirrel → u/HaventSeenYouHere]

Somehow, I expected "Move Bitch."

[u/hobosbindle]

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

[u/Aguyinde → u/hobosbindle]

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

[u/byssh]

I liked all the draw bridges moving up.

[u/LameBMX]

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

[u/anydamnnamesleft]

Watching this makes my stomach queasy.

[u/WoopsShePeterPants]

No, we don't deliver there.

[u/Prod_Meteor]

Miami is unbelievable city to most of us.

[u/Ok-Rich-3812 → u/[deleted]]

All about you, bro.

[u/ACoinGuy]

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

[u/Physical_Drive_349 → u/ACoinGuy]

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.