Does this guy look familiar?
 

Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:07:57 -0500, " JimH" wrote:

Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y

One can only hope the two be continued was his engine crapping out on
one of those turns and the boat flips decapitating him.

Anybody notice the smoke out of the engine in the turns?

Yep. And black smoke to boot. Not good.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

" JimH" wrote in message
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Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y





What makes that guy an idiot?
Is it the close encounters with other boats at high speed or is it something
more subtle.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Bryan" wrote in message
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" JimH" wrote in message
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Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y





What makes that guy an idiot?
Is it the close encounters with other boats at high speed or is it
something more subtle.



I trust you are kidding.

I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard of the
rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no regard to the safety
of the other boats or the possible catastrophic consequences of his
maneuvers.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

I was wondering if someone using computer software to blend images together.
I can't imagine anyone cutting it as close as he did.


" JimH" wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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" JimH" wrote in message
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Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like
this guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y





What makes that guy an idiot?
Is it the close encounters with other boats at high speed or is it
something more subtle.



I trust you are kidding.

I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard of the
rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no regard to the
safety of the other boats or the possible catastrophic consequences of his
maneuvers.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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I was wondering if someone using computer software to blend images
together. I can't imagine anyone cutting it as close as he did.


" JimH" wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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" JimH" wrote in message
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Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like
this guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y





What makes that guy an idiot?
Is it the close encounters with other boats at high speed or is it
something more subtle.



I trust you are kidding.

I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard of the
rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no regard to the
safety of the other boats or the possible catastrophic consequences of
his maneuvers.




Perhaps......regardless it is a good lesson to show others. I plan to show
it to my son who will be also taking the USPS basic course this winter as
his first step in being able to take our 20 foot runabout out with his
friends.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Bryan" wrote in message
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I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard of the
rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no regard to the
safety of the other boats or the possible catastrophic consequences of
his maneuvers.




I don't know. It looks like a typical mid-summer Saturday afternoon outside
of Scituate Harbor, MA.

Eisboch

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in message
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I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard of
the rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no regard to
the safety of the other boats or the possible catastrophic
consequences of his maneuvers.



I don't know. It looks like a typical mid-summer Saturday afternoon
outside of Scituate Harbor, MA.

Eisboch

Don't go anywhere near Annapolis Harbor on a Sunday in the summer. You'll
be run down by sailboters who care not a whit for the rules of the road or
anything else.

At the risk of ****ing off any resident blow boaters, I have to agree 100%.
Why, when they have power, do they insist on sailing all the way down a
crowded, busy, narrow harbor channel, tacking back and forth within 40-50
feet? Even at 5 knots, my Navigator won't stop on a dime to avoid them when
they suddenly decide to tack to port from the other side of the channel.

Eisboch

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in message
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I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard of
the rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no regard to
the safety of the other boats or the possible catastrophic
consequences of his maneuvers.



I don't know. It looks like a typical mid-summer Saturday afternoon
outside of Scituate Harbor, MA.

Eisboch

Don't go anywhere near Annapolis Harbor on a Sunday in the summer. You'll
be run down by sailboters who care not a whit for the rules of the road
or anything else.

At the risk of ****ing off any resident blow boaters, I have to agree
100%. Why, when they have power, do they insist on sailing all the way
down a crowded, busy, narrow harbor channel, tacking back and forth within
40-50 feet? Even at 5 knots, my Navigator won't stop on a dime to avoid
them when they suddenly decide to tack to port from the other side of the
channel.

Eisboch

Full reverse?

Does this guy look familiar?
 

" JimH" wrote in message
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Full reverse?



You'd be surprised how far forward a 20+ ton boat continues to move forward,
even when the transmissions are in reverse with power on when trying to stop
suddenly from any speed. Normally at 5 knots I usually plan my stops about
30 yards away, putting it in neutral and letting it set up for the
prevailing wind and current.

Eisboch

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in message
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I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard
of the rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no
regard to the safety of the other boats or the possible
catastrophic consequences of his maneuvers.


I don't know. It looks like a typical mid-summer Saturday afternoon
outside of Scituate Harbor, MA.

Eisboch
Don't go anywhere near Annapolis Harbor on a Sunday in the summer.
You'll be run down by sailboters who care not a whit for the rules of
the road or anything else.
At the risk of ****ing off any resident blow boaters, I have to agree
100%. Why, when they have power, do they insist on sailing all the way
down a crowded, busy, narrow harbor channel, tacking back and forth
within 40-50 feet? Even at 5 knots, my Navigator won't stop on a dime
to avoid them when they suddenly decide to tack to port from the other
side of the channel.

Eisboch

Full reverse?


\\

No big, heavy boat experience, eh?


Yep.

No sense of humor Harry? I was being facetious. Even Eisboch understood
that.

Lighten up. Otherwise, your posts here are becoming nothing more
than.........*vapid*. ;-)

Does this guy look familiar?
 

" JimH" wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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" JimH" wrote in message
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Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like
this guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y





What makes that guy an idiot?
Is it the close encounters with other boats at high speed or is it
something more subtle.



I trust you are kidding.

I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard of the
rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no regard to the
safety of the other boats or the possible catastrophic consequences of his
maneuvers.

Yes, JimH, just a little tongue in cheek.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in message
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I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard of
the rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no regard to
the safety of the other boats or the possible catastrophic
consequences of his maneuvers.



I don't know. It looks like a typical mid-summer Saturday afternoon
outside of Scituate Harbor, MA.

Eisboch

Don't go anywhere near Annapolis Harbor on a Sunday in the summer. You'll
be run down by sailboters who care not a whit for the rules of the road
or anything else.

At the risk of ****ing off any resident blow boaters, I have to agree
100%. Why, when they have power, do they insist on sailing all the way
down a crowded, busy, narrow harbor channel, tacking back and forth within
40-50 feet? Even at 5 knots, my Navigator won't stop on a dime to avoid
them when they suddenly decide to tack to port from the other side of the
channel.

Eisboch

The only time I would sail a narrow channel would be under uncrowded
conditions where you would have plenty of room to stay clear of a tacking
sailboat or if I did not have power. I do not find it agreeable to sail
narrow channels when unnecessary due to the overwhelming presence of
examples as illustrated by the video with this topic.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

" JimH" wrote in message
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Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y





Elsewhere, somewhere asked why I'd want a 50 caliber rifle on a boat. Here's
the answer.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Eisboch wrote:
"Bryan" wrote in message
. net...
I don't think there was anything subtle about his total disregard of
the rules of the road.....all close quarter passes with no regard to
the safety of the other boats or the possible catastrophic
consequences of his maneuvers.


I don't know. It looks like a typical mid-summer Saturday afternoon
outside of Scituate Harbor, MA.

Eisboch
Don't go anywhere near Annapolis Harbor on a Sunday in the summer.
You'll be run down by sailboters who care not a whit for the rules of
the road or anything else.

At the risk of ****ing off any resident blow boaters, I have to agree
100%. Why, when they have power, do they insist on sailing all the way
down a crowded, busy, narrow harbor channel, tacking back and forth
within 40-50 feet? Even at 5 knots, my Navigator won't stop on a dime to
avoid them when they suddenly decide to tack to port from the other side
of the channel.

Eisboch

When they start behaving that way, I simply stop the boat and force them
to jibe to avoid hitting me. I don't do this in the middle of a channel,
but in the Annapolis area, no matter what you are doing with your boat,
even if you are anchored way out of the channel and either fishing or
daydreaming, you stand a good chance of being rammed by a blowboter.

I don't know if you know the inlet, but St. Augustine Inlet, which dumps
into the ocean, almost always has a southerly wind blowing across it, and
a heavy tidal current. At least once a week when I lived there, some
sailbaoter would run aground on the soft sand of Vilano Beach there while
trying to run the inlet under sail. These were sailboats with engines.

Call the Coast Guard and tell them the captain's chugging directly out of a
bottle of some sort of brown liquor.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Bryan" wrote in message
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The only time I would sail a narrow channel would be under uncrowded
conditions where you would have plenty of room to stay clear of a tacking
sailboat or if I did not have power. I do not find it agreeable to sail
narrow channels when unnecessary due to the overwhelming presence of
examples as illustrated by the video with this topic.


Plus, if you check the regs, it's illegal for a sailboat with power to be
under sail only in a crowed, narrow harbor channel.

Eisboch

Does this guy look familiar?
 

On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 17:07:57 -0500, " JimH" wrote:

Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y

From his facial expressions I can't tell whether he's trying to mimic
a fish or getting ready to puke. What a moron.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

JimH wrote:
Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y


unfortunately, there are idiots like this all around. we get our share,
but we tend to avoid places where they like to show off like that.
passing me that close at that speed may invite a 12 ga slug below the
waterline if a second pass is attempted. endanger my life, my crew, or
my vessel, and you get what you deserve... you've been warned!

Does this guy look familiar?
 

On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:41:27 GMT, DownTime
wrote:

JimH wrote:
Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y


unfortunately, there are idiots like this all around. we get our share,
but we tend to avoid places where they like to show off like that.
passing me that close at that speed may invite a 12 ga slug below the
waterline if a second pass is attempted. endanger my life, my crew, or
my vessel, and you get what you deserve... you've been warned!

I agree, that guy should be banned from boating. I would think anyone
in any of those cruisers would be justified at taking out his boat the
way is driving. What if someone were swimming in the water???

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Charlie Brown" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:41:27 GMT, DownTime
wrote:

JimH wrote:
Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like
this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y


unfortunately, there are idiots like this all around. we get our share,
but we tend to avoid places where they like to show off like that.
passing me that close at that speed may invite a 12 ga slug below the
waterline if a second pass is attempted. endanger my life, my crew, or
my vessel, and you get what you deserve... you've been warned!

I agree, that guy should be banned from boating. I would think anyone
in any of those cruisers would be justified at taking out his boat the
way is driving. What if someone were swimming in the water???



This is probably how he ended up when coming back to his dock.

http://tinyurl.com/dewyu

Does this guy look familiar?
 

JimH wrote:

This is probably how he ended up when coming back to his dock.

http://tinyurl.com/dewyu


anyone else notice something funny about this pic? not being a physics
major, i would venture my guess it would be easier to push the boat off
the shoal if the fat guy either stood on the other side, or got OFF the
boat.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

DownTime,

If you zoom in you can see the fat guy is standing on the other side, it is
probably the only reason the boat is listing as much as it is.


"DownTime" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:

This is probably how he ended up when coming back to his dock.

http://tinyurl.com/dewyu
anyone else notice something funny about this pic? not being a physics
major, i would venture my guess it would be easier to push the boat off
the shoal if the fat guy either stood on the other side, or got OFF the
boat.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Reggie Smithers" wrote in message
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DownTime,

If you zoom in you can see the fat guy is standing on the other side, it
is probably the only reason the boat is listing as much as it is.


"DownTime" wrote in message
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JimH wrote:

This is probably how he ended up when coming back to his dock.

http://tinyurl.com/dewyu
anyone else notice something funny about this pic? not being a physics
major, i would venture my guess it would be easier to push the boat off
the shoal if the fat guy either stood on the other side, or got OFF the
boat.



We had a discussion about this picture, specifically the warning sign,
sometime last year. To me the sign looks more like an advertising sign
(Danger Shoal Grill and Bar 100 yards ahead) than an actual warning sign.
It is also not visible in all directions, as the fat slob in the picture
proves.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Bryan" wrote in message
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The only time I would sail a narrow channel would be under uncrowded
conditions where you would have plenty of room to stay clear of a tacking
sailboat or if I did not have power. I do not find it agreeable to sail
narrow channels when unnecessary due to the overwhelming presence of
examples as illustrated by the video with this topic.


Plus, if you check the regs, it's illegal for a sailboat with power to be
under sail only in a crowed, narrow harbor channel.

Eisboch


I'm not familiar with that rule, but it wouldn't apply to my style of
sailing anyway. It just makes sense to save the sailing for outside the
breakwater on a busy day.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:06:18 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
A minor sub-set of this group are the ones who set their
boat up to sail in one direction, then go below for drinks,
conversation and/or dinner.

~~ sigh ~~


Now Shortwave, you are describing my observations of powerboaters; of
course, I've never used autopilot in my life and still couldn't imagine
taking my eyes off the water around me. I'll meet you half way and offer to
agree that whether under sail or power there are some really senseless
skippers out there that shouldn't be given responsibility for anything more
than a plastic boat for the bathtub.

Does this guy look familiar?
 

" JimH" wrote in message
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"Charlie Brown" wrote in message
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On Fri, 30 Dec 2005 14:41:27 GMT, DownTime
wrote:

JimH wrote:
Found this on another forum. I am sure we have all seen idiots like
this
guy on the water.

http://tinyurl.com/dxz3y


unfortunately, there are idiots like this all around. we get our share,
but we tend to avoid places where they like to show off like that.
passing me that close at that speed may invite a 12 ga slug below the
waterline if a second pass is attempted. endanger my life, my crew, or
my vessel, and you get what you deserve... you've been warned!

I agree, that guy should be banned from boating. I would think anyone
in any of those cruisers would be justified at taking out his boat the
way is driving. What if someone were swimming in the water???



This is probably how he ended up when coming back to his dock.

http://tinyurl.com/dewyu


I love that photo. Nothing like running into the warning sign!