On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 17:35:44 GMT, "JoeSpareBedroom"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
.. .
On Tue, 04 Sep 2007 07:49:03 -0400, HK wrote:

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:

I grew up boating on the eastern end of Lake Ontario and have seen a
few 6 and 7 foot waves from a too small boat. It wasn't pretty and
I'm lucky to be here.
What really fun is when the natural waves from from two directions at
once,
along with a couple of wakes from pea-brains who pass within 100' of
my
boat.

One of these days....I'm tellin' ya...I'm gonna bring a .45-70 out
there
with me. "Officer - I swear it looked like a buffalo". :-)


When we were along the ICW in northern Florida, not a day would go by
without a couple of overstuffed "cruisers" wallowing on by, tossing off
absolutely huge wakes that would wash up and over the marshes, erode the
shorelines, rock everyone's floating dock and, on occasion, flip some
poor fisherman's little boat along the edges. But we got our revenge, at
least with some of them: just north of St. Augustine Inlet, there was a
lovely sandbar that lurked just a couple of feet beneath the surface
except at dead low tide and managed to give a couple of the oblivious
"capitanos" a jolt.

Seeing boats run aground was a thrill for you, huh? Well, Harry, for most
people, that would be the sign of a psychological disorder, but for
you...well, it's just a 'foible'.
--
John H

In this case, Harry is correct in enjoying the other boater's misfortune.

I can safely say that being considerate of other boaters involves an extra
effort of EXACTLY ZERO. Anyone who does NOT do it needs to learn, and for
some people, misfortune is the only way to learn.

Or, to put it another way, the only correct set of boating manners is the
one practiced by ME. Anything outside of that set indicates intent to do
harm.

This is not debatable. Isn't that nice?


Nor is it debatable that you and Harry think alike. You've demonstrated
that consistently.
--
John H