You’ve got to see this to believe it. On a beautiful summer day, the Spirit of Portland, a 150-foot-long cruise ship, navigates through a flotilla of small boats at a Red Bull event on the Willamette River in Portland, actually nudging some of them aside as it continues on its scheduled route while people yell and protest.
That was on two years ago. Now, a judge with the Coast Guard ruled that the captain of the boat, Lowell Gillespie, Jr. violated Rule 8 of the COLREGs for failing to take action to avoid a collision. The judge ordered Gillespie’s license to be suspended for a month; he has 60 days to appeal.
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