My 2 cents, common sense will tell you downstream should have the right of way, all other factors being equal. My guess, it's not a rule on the ICW as the ICW is Tidal, downstream changes. Other obvious factors, tonnage, ability to maneuver, safety, just plain being polite. Well , maybe that was 3 cents worth. See you in Paradise! Capt. Sterling _SterlingLadyIII_ (http://floridakeys.homestead.com/sterlingladyIII.html)

My experience is that the guys jocking at the bridge with high wind on their stern and the others with wind on the bow have b een polite enough to let the down (stern) wind boat go first. The birdge tenders say "You guys work it out" I usually make the suggestion as above and most other boaters seem to think it makes sense. Especially the Sailboats It is easier to hold a boat into the wind with it on the bow. Common sense takes over instead of the CFR's on the ICW. No High Wind, it doesnt take long out of gear to figure out which way the tide is going. We dont spend much time at Bridges we have them "ALL" loaded in the GPS and adjust our speed (ETA) accordingly Capt Bob Kovach Onboard ALLEZ! M/Y ALLEZ! MT50 WB MTOA 2631 AGLCA 1969 USPS CHARLESTON S.C. EMail: my_allez@yahoo.com ________________________________ From: "FloridaKeyz@aol.com" <FloridaKeyz@aol.com> To: fred@tug44.org; fmja10@yahoo.com; great-loop@lists.trawlering.com Sent: Thursday, March 8, 2012 3:56 PM Subject: Re: GL: Bridge etiquete ICW My 2 cents, common sense will tell you downstream should have the right of  way, all other factors being equal. My guess, it's not a rule on the ICW as the ICW is Tidal, downstream  changes. Other obvious factors, tonnage, ability to maneuver, safety, just plain  being polite. Well , maybe that was 3 cents worth. See you in  Paradise! Capt. Sterling _SterlingLadyIII_ (http://floridakeys.homestead.com/sterlingladyIII.html)  _______________________________________________ http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com To modify your Great-Loop subscription options (change email address, unsubscribe, etc.) go to: http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/options/great-loop_lists.trawlering.com