Restricted channel and with a low wake zone to boot, he was definitely
in the wrong, but you should have heard him scream.

JJ

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DSK wrote:


Doesn't sound like a very smart place to be sailing through. At the very
least he should first check for traffic bound the other way on radio.

The sail vs power issue doesn't look relevant here, would it have been
better to meet another big motorboat coming the other way? Maybe one
pulling a big wake

You could have hailed back to this guy "I'd be glad to give way,
skipper, but my boat doesn't have wheels."

Regards
Doug King