"Fishing" means a commercial vessel dragging gear, not some guy trolling.
Joel On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 3:19 PM, JP Mail via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com > wrote: > 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. > > Sent from my iPhone > > 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. > > > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone > > > -------- 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. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > wish to make a contribution to offset our costs, please go to: > https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >> > >> All Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > _______________________________________________ > > > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. 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