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Soulshine - don’t take the bait. This is obviously another one and done trollster.....
 
Just for clarification, a sailboat under power (sails up or not) is a power boat.
But damn how in the hell.....
 
JimG said:
I guess I'm confused... I didn't see the OP's comments in the Washington Post article.
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This isnt difficult..the Washington Post recounts the story of his voyage, complete with the same photos. He was there, man!
 
I appreciate sailing.....I grew up sailing. That said, I was always cautious not to tack in front of a powerboat and always appreciated when a powerboat adjusted their course early to minimize a close wake. That said, one of my favorite sailing videos is attached. On the Potomac we have sailing classes at several marinas which together with the kayaks make this look normal.

Rats.....Youtube blocks it because it has Olympic content. You can see it for yourself: Irish Olympic Sailing commentary.
 
JimG said:
I guess I'm confused... I didn't see the OP's comments in the Washington Post article.
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I'm confused too Jim???

I didn't see any of post #57 in the Washington post article either??? I saw an article by the Post with some pictures.

What I wanted to read was the OP's account of the event's since he was actually on the boat (Post #57).
 
Black Valkyrie said:
Not sure how this is confusing. Oh well.
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There are two stories. One from a reporter working for the Washington Post, and another from an actual passenger on the boat.

WINCH1995 = OP, actually on the boat when it happened.

Yesterday, I was passenger on a 34' fishing charter out the eastern shore MD below the bridge. We had fished all morning and by noon we headed in. It was brand new dead rise boat, first trip out. 6 passengers plus the Captain.

We were underway for about 10 minutes, and I estimate our speed was around 30 knots.

Visibility was unlimited.

Most of the passengers were hanging out enjoying the ride, and no one was really paying attention the situation on the water.

I was on a port side bench seat, looking toward the stern. Suddenly, a guy yells "WATCH OUT!!!". I spun around to look forward and all I saw was white sail through the windshield.
Then impact. We t-boned a 30' sailboat with 2 guys in the cockpit. We were thrown to the deck. Now we are on top of the sailboat as you can see by the picture below.

Our captain was kind of dazed, so being an experienced boater, I first told everyone to grab a life vest. We did a head count and injury check and nothing serious beyond cuts, scrapes, and bruises. I could not tell what was happening on the sail boat. Anyway, I turned on the marine radio and Mayday'ed. CG answers and I give GPS coordinates. The guys in the sailboat are shaken up but ok (everyone was shaken up but no panic).

So now we are sitting up on top of the sail boat, with our stern precariously close to being swamped. I found the bilge pump switch and turned it on to "auto" but it did not appear to be working. Switch to manual mode and it started pumping water overboard. The switch set up required that you hold the switch down for the pump to work.

Now I'm at the helm holding this fricking switch down, dangerously close to swamping, and I'm thinking if we swamp, I'm gonna be trapped in the cockpit with no way out. It was kind of dicey at that point.

CG arrives about 15 minutes later and transfers the sail boaters to another boat, then they start to transfer the 6 passengers from the charter to another boat. I have to admit that the CG did an awesome job. Once we were all safely transferred, the CG actually went back to the charter boat and retrieved our coolers!!

DNR, Marine Police, Fire Boats, Tow Boats, we had 'em all.

I was kind of surprised that only 1 boater offered assistance.

So, as far as I know, no serious injuries, but we were so lucky in that respect. It could have been a whole lot worse.

For the life of me, I cannot understand how this happened. Broad daylight, Captain was not drinking, etc. One guy said that he thought the sail boat changed tack.

I guess my big lesson is this: Stay far away from all other boats because you don't know what they might do.

Sharing this story reluctantly since the Captain is a good guy, but it's all over the news anyway. As a Captain of your vessel, be alert at all times. Don't put yourself in a situation where you are too close to other boats. As a passenger, be a second set of eyes for the Captain. Give wide berth to other vessels.

Stuff happens fast.

I have this anxiety right now about boating, but I'm gonna go down to my 27' Sun Dancer and do some maintenance work. I'm sure I'll get over it but I'll not forget yesterday.


Washington Post's Article
Two boats, one a sailboat and the other an engine-powered fishing boat, collided on Friday in the Chesapeake Bay, a crash that caused no serious injuries, authorities said.

Two people were aboard the sailboat, named Levitation, and seven were on the fishing boat called Hunter, the Coast Guard said. Maryland Natural Resources Police said the crash occurred near Thomas Point, which juts into the bay south of Annapolis.

The Hunter — which police described as a charter fishing boat from Kent Island, 10 miles east of Annapolis in the bay — overrode the sailboat and ended up atop its hull, until the two were almost perpendicular.

The bow of the fishing boat projected beyond one side of the sailboat’s hull, the port side. The stern projected beyond the other side of the sailboat.

In a photograph of the tangle, the fishing boat’s bow is seen pointed up, the stern down, touching the water.

A sailboat under sail and not running its engine has the right of way, police said, speaking generally. A fishing boat could have priority if engaged in a certain kind of fishing, but authorities declined to say whether that was the case here. and also did not say whether the sailboat’s engine was running.

The police described the sailboat as a J/105 based in Annapolis. Available specifications put its overall length at 34.5 feet. It has a large cockpit and can cost more than $100,000.

In the photo, the two boats seemed to have melded firmly, with the lower edge of a sail draped across the front of the fishing boat, just in front of its cabin windshield.

The hull of the fishing boat apparently left a V-shaped gouge across the hull of the sailboat.

Coast Guard officials said that after they evacuated the seven people from the fishing boat, it slid off the sailboat. Authorities called in a commercial salvage company to tow both boats back to shore, which is standard practice when an incident does not result in a medical emergency.

The Coast Guard is still investigating the cause of the crash.

The height of summer is the most dangerous time for boating, said Capt. Melissa Scarborough of the Maryland Natural Resources Police, one of the agencies that initially responded to the crash.

“July is historically, without fail, the biggest boat accident month that Maryland has,” she said. “August is the second highest.”

So far this year, boating incidents have killed 16 people in the Chesapeake and its tributaries, Scarborough said. This month, two have died — one in an incident on a creek off the Potomac and another in Frederick County on the Monocacy River.

Some on the water think of boating as purely recreational, Scarborough said, and forget that, just like cars, boats can be dangerous and even deadly.

“I think that sometimes changes their mind set and the care that they take,” she said.



Any clearer now?
 
I already pointed that out... I'm the one who posted the Washington Post article.

This isn't rocket science. Not sure why I need to take the time out of my day to retype the obvious : both the news article and the OP's post are an accounting of the same event. The OP removed all info about the event, yet there is still a public accounting available of it in publications as large as the Washington Post.

Have I satisfied all those who possess poor reading comprehension or are lacking in other faculties that would otherwise permit them to follow logic flow?
 
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Black Valkyrie said:
I already pointed that out... I'm the one who posted the Washington Post article.

This isn't rocket science. Not sure why I need to take the time out of my day to retype the obvious : both the news article and the OP's post are an accounting of the same event. The OP removed all info about the event, yet there is still a public accounting available of it in publications as large as the Washington Post.

Have I satisfied all those who possess poor reading comprehension or are lacking in other faculties that would otherwise permit them to follow logic flow?
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No, you’ve proved already your a Dick!
 
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Bridog said:
No, you’ve proved already your a Dick!
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Power boats and sailboats can't even get close to each other in a thread without causing a ruckus :)
 
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Sail boaters are kinda tough to avoid at my club.
Most are genuinely great people. Some not so much.
Same thing holds true for most of the power boaters I've ever met.
Damn humans.
 
I'm not a sailboater, just don't like condescending comments.
Black Valkyrie said:
I already pointed that out... I'm the one who posted the Washington Post article.

This isn't rocket science. Not sure why I need to take the time out of my day to retype the obvious : both the news article and the OP's post are an accounting of the same event. The OP removed all info about the event, yet there is still a public accounting available of it in publications as large as the Washington Post.

Have I satisfied all those who possess poor reading comprehension or are lacking in other faculties that would otherwise permit them to follow logic flow?
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