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Dangerous mega yacht warning for Maine
It's a power boat.
-- Roger Long "Capt. JG" wrote in message ... "Roger Long" wrote in message ... There has been a Canadian flag mega yacht in the 150 - 200 class named "Floridan" tied up in Portland for the past couple weeks. It's about as big a private yacht as I've seen up this way in the past couple years. I was heading back in today solo and close hauled in a good fresh breeze with the boat working hard under two reefs and hoping to clear Ram Island without having to make a short tack. The "Floridan" was coming out and settled on exactly the opposing course with her stemhead exactly lined up with her mast. I watched for a long time thinking they must take a slight deviation out into the 3000 or so miles of open water to their starboard but the angle never changed. Finally, at about half a mile, I eased the sheets and bore off until I could at least could see a little angle on the hull and it wasn't like staring directly down the sights of a shotgun from the wrong end. Cursing the loss of 100 yards on what was going to be a pretty tight squeak to clear the island, I watched her pass about 100 feet off my beam. Then, I got to deal with the wake of a large displacement hull going nearly hull speed on top of an already considerable sea. The captain was standing on the bridge wing having a ciggy with the autopilot on and never even waved. As someone said, Yes, the rich are different than you and I. Keep an eye out for this turkey if you're cruising downeast. It's a bad one. Roger, was she on starboard tack, engine, or restricted in her maneuverability? -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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