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Q Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:35:08 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote: On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:28:41 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: And then there are the Wussy Wake Whiner Weenies (4Ws) who should really confine their boating to the bathtub. I always thought it was the Whiney Wussy Wake Weenies. Learn something new everyday. :) It's good to know that someone appreciates my humor... :-) |
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Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:32:48 GMT, Jere Lull wrote:
Side issue: Silliest thing I see on the Bay is the mid-size Sea Rays (primarily) going along "on plane" with the bow ridiculously above the helmsman's line of sight. They throw an enormous wake for their size and speed and look so strange with their bows pointing up to the sky. And there's no reason for it either. All Searays have trim tabs, and the I/O models also have adjustable tilt/trim on the outdrive. It is relatively easy to trim them flat if you know what you're doing, and fuel economy usually improves as a bonus. |
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Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:42:51 -0800, "Calif Bill" wrote: "HK" wrote in message m... Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: I know you've been on LIS up near The Race when a sub comes out of New London. I swear, it's about the only time I've ever been surprized by the size and depth of a wake - had just about enough time to quarter the three waves or I would have taken a ton of water aboard the Ranger. Talk about a wake. :) Maybe 10-15 years ago, one of those sub bow waves capsized a commercial fishing boat near the Kings Bay sub base in Georgia, and my memory on the event is vague, but I think there were drowning deaths. The sub captain, an arrogant ass, said something like "deal with it." He's driving a bait boat now. I doubt that. The subs that use to base at Mare Island always had CG escorts. And the bow wave exceeds anything else that I have ever witnessed as to wakes. And I fish near a couple of the offshore channels to SF bay. Bow wave/wake - same damn thing in effect. :) Nope, the sub bow wave is HUGE compared to any of the tanker wakes. Much more affected by effect. |
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Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
"Calif Bill" wrote in message ... "HK" wrote in message . .. Calif Bill wrote: "HK" wrote in message . .. Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: I know you've been on LIS up near The Race when a sub comes out of New London. I swear, it's about the only time I've ever been surprized by the size and depth of a wake - had just about enough time to quarter the three waves or I would have taken a ton of water aboard the Ranger. Talk about a wake. :) Maybe 10-15 years ago, one of those sub bow waves capsized a commercial fishing boat near the Kings Bay sub base in Georgia, and my memory on the event is vague, but I think there were drowning deaths. The sub captain, an arrogant ass, said something like "deal with it." He's driving a bait boat now. I doubt that. The subs that use to base at Mare Island always had CG escorts. And the bow wave exceeds anything else that I have ever witnessed as to wakes. And I fish near a couple of the offshore channels to SF bay. You can doubt it all you wish. It was covered on the TV news in Jax, and there were a couple of articles in the area newspapers. I doubt he is driving a date barge. Or a bait barge. |
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Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 01:07:10 -0000, otnmbrd wrote: " JimH" ask wrote in : If that is his purpose of being here..........too bad. The problem is that he is failing. There is no taking back what he said. Why you continue to defend him is beyond me. Mayhaps Wayne is getting fed up with the stupid "everyone else is responsible for my irresponsibility" attitude of too many Americans. Go on the water on a boat and you will need to deal with waves and wakes...... from both sides. Sure, there are idiots who have no knowledge and/or concern about their potential for creating a problem with their wake....but their numbers are equalled and exceeded by those idiots who have no knowledge or common sense to realize that on the water, wakes/waves may cause them problems under many conditions and it's up to them to handle those problems so that their passengers and their vessel can proceed, safely. Amen. All my years of boating, and I have only had one real problem with a large commercial ship. Couple of years ago I am fishing in San Francisco Bay off Angel Island. I am outside the channel a short distance. I see a tanker coming under the San Rafael Bridge. No problem. Yes problem, he is empty and cutting the corner and is outside the channel. I am in 23' of water, so plenty of depth for him Unfortunately I forget I have the drift sock out and drive over it, locking up the kicker prop and covering intake to the jet. I get on the radio and call the ship and he actually turns to pass me between the island and me. We both screwed up. Me forgetting the drift sock and he cutting corners and hoping there is no idiot with a dead boat in the way. But I was impressed with their seamanship. Biggest problem in the bay is sailboats. They think they have the right of way over everything. |
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Q Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
"Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:35:08 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:28:41 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: And then there are the Wussy Wake Whiner Weenies (4Ws) who should really confine their boating to the bathtub. I always thought it was the Whiney Wussy Wake Weenies. Learn something new everyday. :) It's good to know that someone appreciates my humor... :-) Not the Weenie Whiney Wake Wussy? |
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Q Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:23:32 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote: It's good to know that someone appreciates my humor... :-) Not the Weenie Whiney Wake Wussy? Unfortunately there's more than one. :-) |
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Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:41:46 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote: I was impressed with their seamanship. Biggest problem in the bay is sailboats. They think they have the right of way over everything. There was an interesting incident a number of years ago on SF Bay involving a very well known sailor and sailmaker named Lowell North. He cut about 50 ft in front of a freighter during a sailboat race. The freighter skipper reported him and he was fined a large amount by USCG for failing to stay clear (it was in a traffic lane). North argued that 50 ft was more than enough for safe passage in front of the ship and that as an experienced racing skipper he had his vessel totally under control. The Coast Guard was not impressed. |
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Q Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blocks Traffic
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:23:32 -0800, "Calif Bill"
wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message .. . On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:35:08 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:28:41 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: And then there are the Wussy Wake Whiner Weenies (4Ws) who should really confine their boating to the bathtub. I always thought it was the Whiney Wussy Wake Weenies. Learn something new everyday. :) It's good to know that someone appreciates my humor... :-) Not the Weenie Whiney Wake Wussy? Could be the Wake Wussy Weenie Whiners. Heh - it's starting to look like a truth table. :) |
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Q Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction BlocksTraffic
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:23:32 -0800, "Calif Bill" wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:35:08 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing wrote: On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:28:41 -0500, Wayne.B wrote: And then there are the Wussy Wake Whiner Weenies (4Ws) who should really confine their boating to the bathtub. I always thought it was the Whiney Wussy Wake Weenies. Learn something new everyday. :) It's good to know that someone appreciates my humor... :-) Not the Weenie Whiney Wake Wussy? Could be the Wake Wussy Weenie Whiners. Heh - it's starting to look like a truth table. :) Is there any truth that the WWWW suffer from LT Syndrome? |
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