Sorry Daily, let me correct you, and I do agree with the latter part of what you say. As a Captain that has crossed the Gulfstream from Lauderdale to the Bahamas nearly 30 times in the last few years, I can tell you that might makes right just as on our roads. 800 foot container ships do not give way to 65 foot cargo boats, even when the smaller has the right of way in a crossing situation. Even in Inland waterways larger vessels often have the right of way because they are often constricted by their draft. Sailboats under sail power have rights on paper, but in New York harbor, taunting sailboats when you are driving a highspeed ferry is a bit of a sport.