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Yup. That looks like it.

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Is this the boat?

http://www.yachtportfolio.com/yacht.cfm?yid=357

Gary wrote:
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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Roger Long wrote:
Yup. That looks like it.


Note flag here re Cayman Islands Civil Ensign
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...renoJul21C.jpg

Bad view but does it resemble this flag on stern of your mega yacht..
http://www.yachtportfolio.com/yacht.cfm?yid=357

or..
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/df2_e.cfm
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Don White wrote:
Roger Long wrote:

Yup. That looks like it.

** correction** (I hope)
Note flag here re Cayman Islands Civil Ensign
** try this **

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:C...an_Islands.svg


Bad view but does it resemble this flag on stern of your mega yacht..
http://www.yachtportfolio.com/yacht.cfm?yid=357

or..
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/df2_e.cfm

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Yes, it very well could be the Cayman's and it's a much more likely
registry for a vessel like this. We see so many Canadian flags here
that I didn't look too closely.

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Roger Long wrote:
Yup. That looks like it.


Note flag here re Cayman Islands Civil Ensign
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...renoJul21C.jpg

Bad view but does it resemble this flag on stern of your mega
yacht..
http://www.yachtportfolio.com/yacht.cfm?yid=357

or..
http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/df2_e.cfm



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Roger Long wrote:
Yes, it very well could be the Cayman's and it's a much more likely
registry for a vessel like this. We see so many Canadian flags here
that I didn't look too closely.


That's good...everyone knows Canadians are courteous and law abiding! ;-)


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