"otnmbrd" wrote in message
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ROFL Try to keep up, Donal. My latest responses have been in regard to
your statements to Jeff, regarding whistle signals, stand on status, and
giving a wide berth, in fog.
To be blunt, your response was stupid and showed a lack of working
knowledge of the rules and general collision avoidance in fog.
Nuff said!

That isn't fair!!

Look back at the post where I mentioned the sound signals. I gave a
long(ish), detailed answer to Jeff, and I ended it with a *blatant*
joke/dig. Jeff ignored the serious questions that I posed, and chose to
jump on to the sound signals issue. You then joined in.

My post was 90% serious, and 10% joke. You both ignored the serious
content, and now you want to blame *me*!! Why don't you look at the answer
that I gave Shen?

Really!!!!



Regards


Donal
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"Donal" wrote in message
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Look back at the post where I mentioned the sound signals. I gave a
long(ish), detailed answer to Jeff, and I ended it with a *blatant*
joke/dig. Jeff ignored the serious questions that I posed, and chose to
jump on to the sound signals issue. You then joined in.

My post was 90% serious, and 10% joke. You both ignored the serious
content, and now you want to blame *me*!! Why don't you look at the answer
that I gave Shen?

Really!!!!

This may be true, but that's why I was surprised by your ill-considered reply.

But even going back to your claim that sail boats have a higher percentage of
idiots" I think you'd have a lot of trouble proving that - it certainly isn't so
in the States. The fatality numbers, for instance, show "aux sail" having only
about half the deaths and serious injuries, proportional to their numbers.

"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
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"Donal" wrote in message
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Look back at the post where I mentioned the sound signals. I gave a
long(ish), detailed answer to Jeff, and I ended it with a *blatant*
joke/dig. Jeff ignored the serious questions that I posed, and chose to
jump on to the sound signals issue. You then joined in.

My post was 90% serious, and 10% joke. You both ignored the serious
content, and now you want to blame *me*!! Why don't you look at the
answer
that I gave Shen?

Really!!!!

This may be true, but that's why I was surprised by your ill-considered
reply.

Ill considered?? I thought that it was funny!!


But even going back to your claim that sail boats have a higher
percentage of
idiots" I think you'd have a lot of trouble proving that - it certainly
isn't so
in the States. The fatality numbers, for instance, show "aux sail" having
only
about half the deaths and serious injuries, proportional to their numbers.

Statistics are notoriously difficult to decipher.

My comment is based on personal experience.

Fatalities are more likely to result from a high speed collision, than from
a "meeting" of two sailboats that are doing 5 kts.



Are the statistics hiding the true facts?



Regards


Donal
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I reread the post.....my response was fair AND warranted.

Once again .... nuff said.

otn