Idiot AND asshole. I've seen blowboaters do it before, laughing all the time
"WE'RE UNDER SAIL, WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY". I had to go into reverse once
to avoid hitting one who did this. Boy, did he get a wake when I got
underway again.

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
nk.net...

"Maynard G. Krebbs" wrote in message
...
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:41:52 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:

Worst almost crash with a sailboat was couple of years ago, I am
trolling
and he is coming out of the Alameda Estuary channel under power. Turns
off
motor raises sails and turns 90 degrees 30' in front of me. He says he
is
under sail. Should have called the CG on him and reported the bad
manners.
Then if he is in a collision with another boat, there is bad marks
against
him


snip

He probably thought he was changing form from power to sail as the
rules apply.
He, like a lot of other boaters, didn't realize that boat form (sail
or power) is locked in the first instant of someone realizing there is
a chance of collision or a crossing/overtaking situation.
Or then again, he could just have been an asshole.
Mark Williams

I'll go with idiot. To make a 90 degree turn in front of any boat just
because you are are a sailboat or any boat shows immense lack of boating
skills, as well as a brain to know you do not know enough.

Keith wrote:

Idiot AND asshole. I've seen blowboaters do it before, laughing all the time
"WE'RE UNDER SAIL, WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY". I had to go into reverse once
to avoid hitting one who did this. Boy, did he get a wake when I got
underway again.

I think you have a vastly mistaken idea about what sailboats can & can't do. No
doubt a lot of sailors do too; but the fact remains that I have been sailing for
over 40 years now and have never once met any sailor who deliberately tacked in
front of a motorboat. So who is the idiot/asshole now?

DSK

You must not have sailed San Francisco bay. I have heard sailors laugh
about going in front of a freighter and saying they had the right of way.
Amazing Darwin does not get more of them.

"DSK" wrote in message
...
Keith wrote:

Idiot AND asshole. I've seen blowboaters do it before, laughing all the
time
"WE'RE UNDER SAIL, WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY". I had to go into reverse
once
to avoid hitting one who did this. Boy, did he get a wake when I got
underway again.

I think you have a vastly mistaken idea about what sailboats can & can't
do. No
doubt a lot of sailors do too; but the fact remains that I have been
sailing for
over 40 years now and have never once met any sailor who deliberately
tacked in
front of a motorboat. So who is the idiot/asshole now?

DSK

You must not have sailed San Francisco bay. I have heard sailors laugh
about going in front of a freighter and saying they had the right of way.
Amazing Darwin does not get more of them.

You must have VTS on SF Bay.

The sailors must give way to any pwer vessel following the VTS. Any sailor
thinking otherwise is wrong, according to the rules.

"Gould 0738" wrote in message
...
You must not have sailed San Francisco bay. I have heard sailors laugh
about going in front of a freighter and saying they had the right of way.
Amazing Darwin does not get more of them.

You must have VTS on SF Bay.

The sailors must give way to any pwer vessel following the VTS. Any
sailor
thinking otherwise is wrong, according to the rules.

We do. But only an idiot plays chicken with 8000 tons of mass. In a
channel with restricted movement.

Calif Bill wrote:

You must not have sailed San Francisco bay.

Actually, I have. Many times, including races.


I have heard sailors laugh
about going in front of a freighter and saying they had the right of way.

I have heard of a few going in front of freighters, but none that laughed about
it. I have also seen a few disqualified from racing because they sailed in
front of freighters.

IMHO the rules should be enforced a bit more vigorously, including the one that
says a private vessel skipper is financially liable to the shipping company.


Amazing Darwin does not get more of them.

Yep... that should include all the motorboats who cut in front of commercial
ships, too.

Fair Skies
Doug King