T&T: radar and such part III

[Roger Bingham]

Now if that doesn't start a discussion on Rule 19 I'm no judge of
trawlermen.

Regards

Roger Bingham
France


> Anyway, the captain on the ship was
> scolding the recreational boater to the effect that he had almost ran
> over him in the fog. I think his words were "Its only by the grace of
> God, I did not run over you. Don't you have your radar on?" Apparently
> the little guy replied that it was broke. To which the captain replied,
> "Well you had better get it fixed. I had to haul the ship to miss you."
> He also asked if the little guy had not heard his fog horn. I don't
> remember what the rec boater said on that. But he surely had to have
> hear
> it. But then in the fog, all the little guy knew was that a big ship
> was
> near, not exactly where it was or its heading.