Simple Simon wrote:

I agree with the power boats sodding off part.

Unfortunately, as demonstrated by the power boat
operators who have invaded this sailing newsgroup,
they hold sailboats in contempt and loathe the fact
that sailboats have stand-on status in most situations
and they have to give-way. They can't abide being
shown their inferior status. Their big fat egos just
can't take the beating.

That IS funny ... Nil, is chief among the very few in this thread to
claim superiority of one mode of propulsion. All the while stating that
the ONLY mode in which he is licensed is the one he claims is inferior.

Only the amateurs of either mode claim superiority. The rest of us just
don't play such sophomoric games. The skills required and the
application of those skills to safe vessel operation are the same. But
that is something which a rank amateur could not possibly understand.
That lack of understanding and experience is the foundation of Nil's
idiocy.

Self hatred? Inferiority complex of some sort? Either way his statements
are not those which define a stable and reliable shipmate or the sort of
individual who can be entrusted with the operation of a vessel in close
quarters.

The question that should be asked here is: How well could you sleep
below knowing that Nil was at the wheel of your boat one foggy dark
night in a busy sound or bay?

Nil, the one-tripper, an internet wannabe ... your ignorance is showing
brightly.

Rick