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Dangerous mega yacht warning for Maine
Roger Long wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote Roger, with all due respect, a large wake should be regarded as just another wave in a seaworthy and decent sized boat such as yours. It is unreasonable to expect people to slow down except in a confined area where you could lose control. Agreed and I am not a wake nazi. But we're talking here about the wake within the first two or three waves as a result of a vessel passing far closer than is prudent. No danger but it took some finesse in those conditions to get through without getting soaked. Actually, the wind blanketing of the close approach was more of an issue. I can coax a boat through just about anything but I could have been one of many people out there that could have gotten knocked down or backed trying to get the boat moving again. With regard to the right of way situation, did you sound a danger signal or attempt contact on channel 13 or 16? That is the proper course of action, preferably before the situation becomes critical. You really think someone in a an enclosed, air conditioned, pilothouse is going to hear the pipsqueak horn a sailboat can carry far enough against a 20 -25 knot wind to have any beneficial influence on the situation? Back when I used blow horns because I believed what I read in books, I never noticed that anyone seemed to hear them in situations like this. As for the radio, my theory is that someone oblivious enough miss seeing a 32 foot sailboat directly ahead isn't going to be on the ball enough that I want to waste time talking to them. It was another of those days when I was using both hands for the boat. I doubt he could have understood the handheld out in the wind even if he hadn't been out on the bridge wing sucking a cig. It's funny how these things always seem to happen to you. What was it last time, a small ferry? Gary |
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