"Keith" wrote in message
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On May 26, 7:15 am, "Roger Long" wrote:
Now I know how the large commercial operators must feel some times.

I was motoring at five knots when a jet ski came roaring across my bow
from
starboard at about full speed for those things. As he went by at 30
knots,
he screamed, "You %$#@* (reproductive reference) (feminine hygine
reference), I had the right of way!

Huh. Who ever heard of a jet ski operator even knowing that there was
such a
thing? Our speed disparity was such that any course or speed alteration
I
could have made wouldn't have significantly altered my status as an
essentially stationary object. His course was dead straight and the
passing
distance wasn't any less than is typical for these buzz bombs.

Nice to know that one of these bozos has read a boating book though.

--
Roger Long

Nobody has the "right of way". You're a stand-on or give-way vessel.
Of course, you wouldn't expect a %^$^% jet ski operator to know
that. ;-)
Here's a solution:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...70/pwchelp.htm



That's correct. Great link also. He's obligated to operate safely and to
avoid a collision.

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com