Don't mess around with the big guys:


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/skipper-fined-cowes-week-collision

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:03:32 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

Don't mess around with the big guys:


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/skipper-fined-cowes-week-collision

Wow. Prosecution gets expensive over there!

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

John H wrote:
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:03:32 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

Don't mess around with the big guys:


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/skipper-fined-cowes-week-collision

Wow. Prosecution gets expensive over there!

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

Maybe we should learn from that and have more loser pays.

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:02:08 -0500, Califbill wrote:

John H wrote:
On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:03:32 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

Don't mess around with the big guys:


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/skipper-fined-cowes-week-collision

Wow. Prosecution gets expensive over there!

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

Maybe we should learn from that and have more loser pays.

I like it.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

On 29/10/2013 7:03 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
Don't mess around with the big guys:


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/skipper-fined-cowes-week-collision

19.8 metres is NOT 33 ft. But then, The Guardian has no reference
base for the real world, inhabiting as they do, the inner-city grunge
of the Left Wing.

On 10/29/2013 11:03 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
Don't mess around with the big guys:


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/skipper-fined-cowes-week-collision

I wondered what would occur if a large yacht of maybe 60' (that one)
were to be 'run down' by a tanker / freighter. I always figured it'd be
sunk or swamped.

Interesting to see it was 'only' dismasted.

On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:24:05 -0600, slide wrote:

On 10/29/2013 11:03 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
Don't mess around with the big guys:


http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/25/skipper-fined-cowes-week-collision

I wondered what would occur if a large yacht of maybe 60' (that one)
were to be 'run down' by a tanker / freighter. I always figured it'd be
sunk or swamped.

Interesting to see it was 'only' dismasted.

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The bow wave seems to have pushed them away, and they might possibly
have escaped with no damage if the spinnaker hadn't hung up on the
anchor.

On 10/29/2013 9:33 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

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The bow wave seems to have pushed them away, and they might possibly
have escaped with no damage if the spinnaker hadn't hung up on the
anchor.


I was surprised to see so many yachts sailing near that ship and also
the ship making such way. I mean it seemed to be really zooming along.
Looked like an overly congested area ripe for such an incident.

slide wrote:
On 10/29/2013 9:33 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

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The bow wave seems to have pushed them away, and they might possibly
have escaped with no damage if the spinnaker hadn't hung up on the
anchor.


I was surprised to see so many yachts sailing near that ship and also the
ship making such way. I mean it seemed to be really zooming along. Looked
like an overly congested area ripe for such an incident.

You see that in San Francisco Bay also. Lots of sail racing near the
Golden Gate Bridge and is in the VTS area.

On Wed, 30 Oct 2013 06:45:01 -0600, slide wrote:

On 10/29/2013 9:33 PM, Wayne.B wrote:

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The bow wave seems to have pushed them away, and they might possibly
have escaped with no damage if the spinnaker hadn't hung up on the
anchor.


I was surprised to see so many yachts sailing near that ship and also
the ship making such way. I mean it seemed to be really zooming along.
Looked like an overly congested area ripe for such an incident.

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It obviously was congested but that video was shot with a very long
telephoto lens which tends to compress distances quite a lot.