Paul Cassel wrote:

Edgar wrote:
This morning on Norwegian TV they have shown the most stupid action by a
yacht skipper I have ever seen.

I don't understand your concerns here. The yacht cleared the ship so
apparently there was sufficient room for its passage.

But suppose the yacht had had some kind of engine failure or other
problem!

I recently saw a ca. 28' power boat happily zooming along right ahead
and in the path of a loaded containership riding the tide down the
Delaware river, and totally ignoring the pleas of the ship's pilot to
"pick one side or the other". OK, as long as everything works.

Michael Porter Marine Design
mporter at mp-marine dot com
www.mp-marine.com
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Paul Cassel wrote:

Edgar wrote:
This morning on Norwegian TV they have shown the most stupid action by a
yacht skipper I have ever seen.

I don't understand your concerns here. The yacht cleared the ship so
apparently there was sufficient room for its passage.

But suppose the yacht had had some kind of engine failure or other
problem!

I recently saw a ca. 28' power boat happily zooming along right ahead
and in the path of a loaded containership riding the tide down the
Delaware river, and totally ignoring the pleas of the ship's pilot to
"pick one side or the other". OK, as long as everything works.

Michael Porter Marine Design
mporter at mp-marine dot com
www.mp-marine.com
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Yep... same thing I tell my students when they ask why we're getting out of
the way long before the bigun gets near... if something breaks, you don't
want to be here.

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

In article ,
Michael Porter wrote:

Paul Cassel wrote:

Edgar wrote:
This morning on Norwegian TV they have shown the most stupid action by a
yacht skipper I have ever seen.

I don't understand your concerns here. The yacht cleared the ship so
apparently there was sufficient room for its passage.

But suppose the yacht had had some kind of engine failure or other
problem!

I recently saw a ca. 28' power boat happily zooming along right ahead
and in the path of a loaded containership riding the tide down the
Delaware river, and totally ignoring the pleas of the ship's pilot to
"pick one side or the other". OK, as long as everything works.

Not sailing -based but a similar situation which I witnessed (and stuck
in my mind ever since):

An Austin Montego in front of me pulled into the slip lane to turn right
(UK) and, rather than stop and wait for this lorry to pass, tried to
cross in front of it. Stalled.

The (girl) passenger was killed outright and I held the head of the
driver while he died.

The lorry driver was crying at the side of the road.

All to save a minute.

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Molesworth