"Scotty" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" whined

I have no need to know the rules.

Pay no attention to Scotty. He seems to have OD'd on knee
jerk
reactions.

Nope, just an opinion after several decades of sailing, and
putting up with idiot stinkpotters.

SBV


I am sure that many "stinkpotters" with similar experiences would come to
the same conclusions about sailors. I know and encounter many competent
skippers of sail and power vessels. Like you, I also encounter many
skippers who seem to have a different understanding of how the world works.
There are --- unquestionably --- many stinkpotters out there who are fairly
clueless. There is also an equivalent number of sailor with similar boating
aptitude. Knowing how to sail does not, in itself, confer any Nav Rule
knowledge, common sense or courtesy. It is human nature for us to focus on
and remember those who "rock our boat" and not on those who do not..

One of my favorite "arghhh" situations is when there is a small / medium
size sportfish trying to get past a line of sail / full displacement power
(I was a full displacement trawler(er) and operated at speeds similar to
sailboats). The "not so understanding" slowboat skippers ask the sportfish
to give them a slow pass and then do not slow down themselves. Obviously,
the sportfish needs to pass at a few knots faster than the sailboat if the
pass is ever going to complete. This frequently puts them in the speed zone
where they are generating their maximum wake. If I am the only boat being
passed, I would always request that they keep it up on a plane --- I get
much less wake --- they get to keep moving --- life is good.