T&T: rules; sail vs power....or Sterotypes Anon....

[patrick fitzsimmons]

Gentlemen,
   From a sailboat person...I can state that much of
what you are describing is NOT sailboating behavior
but rather rude, discourteous, dangerous ego driven
BOATING behavior....
    Indeed my 26 ft sailboat has seen such behavior 
in Barnegat Channel, thrown completely 180, pitched
poled and damn near swamped....by a Hatteras 50....who
never once slowed down.....
    Should I categorize this as typical Power Boat
Behavior.....generalizing that every boat without a
sail is a protracted penis boat??? 
     I am convinced  that the members here are asking
and answering right of way  questions in such a
forthright way....that real boaters are indeed out
there ....(for me the person who holds the door in the
mall is the captain I want to go to sea with)
   I am sure you are all aware of the critical
difference from a person who is over-tacking to avoid
loosing head way and/or control and a show off with no
regard for anyone.....I have witnessed the worst in
San Francisco Bay....

    I personally will rarely put sails up in any
channel....they are way too unreliable a power
source(although the purest I have sailed with refuse
to use the iron genny for even docking, and sailboats
are notoriously underpowered without sailpower) 
    Sailing in a channel for me is pushing past my
comfort level demanding  concentration that must be
taken from other duties....(like watching the wake
from frustrated deep sea fishing tournament
losers).....
   Gee was I just generalizing?????
    
          With Respect for all the boaters out there,
          Pat Fitzsimmons, 
          Forked River, NJ








ann <rwp_48@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Bruce,
> My vote is that an overtaking boat is an overtaking
> boat...sail or power.  As
> such, he is the burdened vessel.
> Regards,
> Randy Pickelmann
> hard aground in Clearwater
> MORNING STAR
> lying in New Bern
> www.morningstar.talkspot.com
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