Comments debunking Capt. Shenandoah interspersed.


"Shen44" wrote in message ...
Typical stupid statement from the "simpleton".
A. You only THINK you know something about radar.....you don't.

One does not need to know anything about the technical aspects
of radar to understand how the COLREGS apply to the use of radar.

B. You only THINK you know something about how ferries operate.....you don't.

One need not know how ferries operate in order to understand their
obligations under the Rules.

C. You only THINK you know and understand the rules.....you don't.

I have proven time and time again that I understand the COLREGS
better than all you tugboat captains put together. If I don't understand
them then the lot of you don't even know they exist.

D. You only THINK you have enough time out underway on the water to be able to
discuss the subject intelligently......you don't.

Unlike you and the other tugboat captains, I have spent more
time on the water in the past ten years than any of you and
probably more than any two of you put together. I have seen,
firsthand, how most motor boat professional captains are rude,
and abusive of the pecking order Rules. In their minds it's
always a matter of might making right and commercial interests
over pleasure craft. Their minds are warped and bitter that
they are almost at the very bottom of the pecking order and
must give way to vessels they honestly feel are inferior to
their glorified trucks ( bulk carriers, freighters, etc.) or
oversized busses (ferries, cruise ships, etc.).

S.Simon