That's pretty much my attitude but this "ferry" was smaller and as
maneuverable as a lot of the power yachts in the marinas. Just
having the paint and logo of the larger boats in the fleet doesn't
change the physics. Having just tacked a 32 foot boat alone few
minutes earlier and gotten settled down at the end of a long day with
the weather going downhill fast, I was sort of in the net towing
category you describe.

--

Roger Long



"Denny" wrote in message
oups.com...
Having sailed the Great Lakes for some 60 years I have had ample
experience with the solid stream of freighters... They don't turn,
period... Usually there is not even anyone visible in the bridge
windows...
I long ago developed the attitude that I will immediately turn away
as
soon as I see a converging track developing... I am not burning
hundreds of dollars an hour of fuel... I can turn on a dime... I
like
tacking... I am sailing for pleasure... Being ground up underneath a
400 foot cement hauler is not my idea of pleasure...
And, likely the person on the bridge (if any) does not speak english
and doesn't particularily like 'rich', 'ugly americans'... Just a
fact
of life for a yachtsman... Just because you think the Colregs say
you
don't have to turn, doesn't mean you shouldn't...
If I were pulling a fish net or dredging, I would ignore the big guy
and let him make the quivering explanations in the Admiralty Court
as
to why he ran someone down... I'm not, so I give way...

denny