Vessel engaged in Fishing is restricted in her ability to move and has the 
right away over sailing vessel. 
Yeah, just got the 6 pack license. 

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> On Jul 18, 2017, at 2:07 PM, David via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> 
> We were powered up on a broad reach with a chute heading eastward down LIS 
> doing about 9 knots with just Lady Di and I.  Clear  September weekday so 
> empty waters.  And a rare morning sail with great wind from the right 
> direction. 
> 
> Fishing dragger with stabilizers down is slowing bearing down on us from 
> astern.   30 minutes later and he would have run right up our transom if I 
> did not alter course and risk a roundup in the process 
> 
> Prick was on bridge.  Wouldnt answer radio.  
> 
> Some of those commercial guys just have a bad attitude towards us "yachties"  
> 
> Either it's black or white with them...competent or maliciously incompetent.  
> 
> 1981 40-2.  
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Danny Haughey via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
> Date: 7/18/17 1:24 PM (GMT-05:00) 
> To: Aaron Rouhi via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
> Cc: Danny Haughey <djhaug...@juno.com> 
> Subject: Re: Stus-List Rules of the Road 
> 
> when we were on our 22 foot sailboat we got swamped by a bis a$$ powers 
> boat's wake because he couldn't be bother to give us any room and passed 
> us about 20 feet off our bow throwing a 4' wake. Then they had the nerve 
> to wave...  My wife waved back with 1 finger while hanging off the 
> shrouds.  That wake came up over the bow and right down the companionway...
> 
> Last summer, I was watching this sail boat flying a spinnaker closing on 
> us from the stern to port.  We were running wing and wing doing about 4 
> knots in a light breeze.  Now, I watched them for at least 40 minutes, 
> when I first saw them they could simply have changed their course by one 
> degree and came well aft. instead, they close within shouting distance 
> and the lady on the helm yells over, "can you give us some room?"  I 
> shouted back, "what do you want me to do?"  she replies, "head up!"  
> Upon which two other crew members seemed to say something to her and 
> they dropped the sock over the spin, came across my stern and opened the 
> little spin back up.  I assumed the stand on position of being the 
> overtaken vessel and knew it was their job to get around me. I could not 
> figure out what they were doing and decided the best thing i could do 
> was stand on.  Luckily it worked out!
> 
> Danny
> 
> 
> On 7/18/2017 12:59 PM, Aaron Rouhi via CnC-List wrote:
> > Glad you were able get away without any damages... I have had a few of 
> > these here in Chesapeake. Once the "captain" of the power boat actually 
> > turned around and yelled at me for not changing course...
> >
> > Cheers,
> > AR
> >
> >> On Jul 18, 2017, at 10:32 AM, robert via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> 
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> Yesterday afternoon, having a pleasant sail in Halifax harbor, 5.5 knots, 
> >> starboard tack with a 25' to 30' cape island power boat approaching at 
> >> about the same speed on my port side.
> >>
> >> As we approached each other, I was judging distance and time and it became 
> >> clear we were on a collision course.  Since I was under sail and he was a 
> >> leisure boat, not commercial, under power I assumed he would give 
> >> way......maybe slow his speed and let me cross in front of him or he would 
> >> duck behind me.
> >>
> >> Not happening....I could see him looking right at me so it was not a case 
> >> where he didn't, couldn't see me.....at the last moment when I realized he 
> >> wasn't going to give me right of way,  I 'crashed tacked'......I didn't 
> >> even have time to release the jib.......just spun around 180 degrees and 
> >> he passed approx. 3' from my transom. There were two people sitting in 
> >> chairs on his back deck that saw me and looked bewildered wondering why I 
> >> was so close to them.
> >>
> >> He didn't slow down, didn't alter his course, didn't acknowledge me in any 
> >> way.   If I had not turned, we would have collided......given my judgement 
> >> of the situation, he would have T-boned me about mid ship, port side at 5 
> >> to 6 knots.
> >>
> >> I will be more careful in the future......this was way too close and 
> >> totally unnecessary.
> >>
> >> Rob Abbott
> >> AZURA
> >> C&C 32 - 84
> >> Halifax, N.S.
> >>
> >>
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