On 7-Mar-2008, HK wrote:

Preferences: North Pacific/Gulf of Alaska/Aleutians, and avoidance of
dickeydoos/weekend warriors anchored in shipping channels wondering
where
all the traffic is coming from. It IS fun to watch 'em launch, though.


If you want to watch some real fun stuff, just drift outside Annapolis
on a really hot summer day, but keep that engine idling. Ten minutes
won't go by without a heat-addled sailboater coming close to running
over you, no matter what size boat you are in. That idling engine? You
may need to make a fast getaway.

It's more fun watching a 210' Coast Guard Cutter at 15 knots heading through
a channel, 5 quick blasts on the whistle, and seeing a mad competition for
30 tupperware fishing boats trying to get their outboards running. Wish I
had a video of that. Natural selection in action.

Re Annapolis - or any other crowded area - stay of the water on weekends.