Fat Tony
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If the sailboat was under power, he probably noticed the impending collision and fired it up in an attempt to get the heck out of the way.
Sailing is fun, so I have no ill feelings about sailboaters. They can be a "pain" sometimes because they do inconvenience me on occasion. I sometimes feel bad when I go by one on plane, even at a distance, knowing that they aren't going to enjoy my wake when it gets there. So I guess we inconvenience them on occasion as well.
I had to fire up my 9.9 on my Catalina 25 on more than one occasion. We'd be sailing across the bay and some of the big ships would make a turn in the deep channel when we thought we were on a safe heading. They can "sneak" up on you when they make a course change. We'd think they'd pass well behind us and we'd be off Poplar Island...then they change course more to the east....
Then there was the time we were barely moving when the wind died in the middle of the bay and we hear a cigarette boat poker run heading our way-before we could see them. Not much we could do there...just hope they see all the sail on my 50ft mast.