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A Harbour Air seaplane, with 6 people on board, collided with a pleasure boat on Saturday

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

The seaplane can’t really turn when moving that fast, but the boat should have been easily able to turn around, slow down, or get out of the way.

That's why the rule is generally the smaller boat will GTFO of the way; preferably with a 90-degree turn.