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Power boaters and their wakes
Capt John wrote:
Just a few comments. I've done the ditch back and forth between NY and Florida many times delivering boats. Most power boaters know enough to slow down when overtaking a slower vessel, and most sail boaters know enough to turn into the wake as they go by. Their are a few bad apples on both sides, I have seen several sail boats that refused to move aside and let anyone pass, most learned the hard way that was the wrong thing to do. Sometimes if the channel is narrow, the sailboat can't move to the side. We saw one guy near Barefoot (in the Rock Pile) who was attempting to be courteous by moving into what looked like an inlet area. What he didn't realize that there was a rock ledge right under the water. He was stuck there for a considerable time as a result of trying to move aside and probably had damage to his boat's bottom. Sometimes power boats just have to be patient and wait to pass in a better place. And their are some sail boaters beleave that the water should be without a single ripple, that's not going to happen, get over it. We were passed once by two power boats - one went on the port side and one went on the starboard side. We were bounced around a bit, but not badly. However the sailboat ahead of us (a bit to our starboard), did not see the power boat that passed on our port side because it was on the other side of us. They had a bit rougher go because of that. The fact that there may be non-manmade waves does not exempt power boaters from being responsible for their wakes. |
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"Rosalie B." wrote in message
... Capt John wrote: Just a few comments. I've done the ditch back and forth between NY and Florida many times delivering boats. Most power boaters know enough to slow down when overtaking a slower vessel, and most sail boaters know enough to turn into the wake as they go by. Their are a few bad apples on both sides, I have seen several sail boats that refused to move aside and let anyone pass, most learned the hard way that was the wrong thing to do. Sometimes if the channel is narrow, the sailboat can't move to the side. We saw one guy near Barefoot (in the Rock Pile) who was attempting to be courteous by moving into what looked like an inlet area. What he didn't realize that there was a rock ledge right under the water. He was stuck there for a considerable time as a result of trying to move aside and probably had damage to his boat's bottom. Sometimes power boats just have to be patient and wait to pass in a better place. And their are some sail boaters beleave that the water should be without a single ripple, that's not going to happen, get over it. We were passed once by two power boats - one went on the port side and one went on the starboard side. We were bounced around a bit, but not badly. However the sailboat ahead of us (a bit to our starboard), did not see the power boat that passed on our port side because it was on the other side of us. They had a bit rougher go because of that. The fact that there may be non-manmade waves does not exempt power boaters from being responsible for their wakes. We've had a similar situation happen in the Marina Bay channel, which is quite narrow. It's really a two-lane channel, and very unforgiving as far as bottom goes on the right, returning side. (The other side is the edge of a building/pier.) Coming in one day, I had a PB pass on my port, while another sailboat was coming out. We were already on the edge of the channel making room for the on-coming SB. The other SB saw what was happening and moved to his right as far as possible, and fortunately, the PB got by us, with a big, but manageable wake. Then, not knowing what the f*ck he was doing, went even further to the right and ran aground in the mud. Sweet justice. Then, a couple of minutes later, another PB did the same thing. I think the first PB must called the second for help, since the pretty much went there directly after zooming past us and you could see he was on his cell phone. More sweet justice... they ran aground also. There was a Sea Tow boat coming out from the marina who saw the whole thing. As he went by us, I could see he was laughing. -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message ... We've had a similar situation happen in the Marina Bay channel, which is quite narrow. It's really a two-lane channel, and very unforgiving as far as bottom goes on the right, returning side. (The other side is the edge of a building/pier.) Coming in one day, I had a PB pass on my port, while another sailboat was coming out. We were already on the edge of the channel making room for the on-coming SB. The other SB saw what was happening and moved to his right as far as possible, and fortunately, the PB got by us, with a big, but manageable wake. Then, not knowing what the f*ck he was doing, went even further to the right and ran aground in the mud. Sweet justice. Then, a couple of minutes later, another PB did the same thing. I think the first PB must called the second for help, since the pretty much went there directly after zooming past us and you could see he was on his cell phone. More sweet justice... they ran aground also. There was a Sea Tow boat coming out from the marina who saw the whole thing. As he went by us, I could see he was laughing. Could you see the Capt and crew, were they all wearing their ''Eat My Wake'' t-shirts? They are very popular here on the east coast. SBV |
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Power boaters and their wakes
"Scotty" wrote in message
. .. "Capt. JG" wrote in message ... We've had a similar situation happen in the Marina Bay channel, which is quite narrow. It's really a two-lane channel, and very unforgiving as far as bottom goes on the right, returning side. (The other side is the edge of a building/pier.) Coming in one day, I had a PB pass on my port, while another sailboat was coming out. We were already on the edge of the channel making room for the on-coming SB. The other SB saw what was happening and moved to his right as far as possible, and fortunately, the PB got by us, with a big, but manageable wake. Then, not knowing what the f*ck he was doing, went even further to the right and ran aground in the mud. Sweet justice. Then, a couple of minutes later, another PB did the same thing. I think the first PB must called the second for help, since the pretty much went there directly after zooming past us and you could see he was on his cell phone. More sweet justice... they ran aground also. There was a Sea Tow boat coming out from the marina who saw the whole thing. As he went by us, I could see he was laughing. Could you see the Capt and crew, were they all wearing their ''Eat My Wake'' t-shirts? They are very popular here on the east coast. SBV Heh... we waved and smiled as we went by... -- "j" ganz @@ www.sailnow.com |
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