Bridog
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Ha, fair enough, me either, mostly anger.I don't have any feelings.
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Ha, fair enough, me either, mostly anger.I don't have any feelings.
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?
No, you’ve proved already your a Dick!
That's the best ya got?
I think Bridog went easy on you here.
No worries. I figured it wasn't to me. Just wanted to let you know it's all good. No hard feelings.Urtica,
“Who the hell are you?” was not directed at you and the tone you assigned to the “sail infested waters” comment was not intended, but shorthand for the fact there are a million sailboats concentrated in a very small area as explained.
I don't have any feelings.
As well as a complete lack of social skills.
Who the hell are you?
My comments about local sailors was derived from my own experience in my area, not an implication that this sail boat’s captain was anything but competent. I didn’t offer an opinion about the charter boat captain because I have no idea what going on in his head, but it seemed obvious enough that he made some mistakes.
As far as the “sail infested waters” comment, I’ll explian:
I boat on a lake that is 40 miles long, 2 miles wide at its ends and maybe 5 miles wide at its widest. It’s very common for me to enter the lake at the south end to see 40 or more sail boats circling around in a 2 mile area. Why the other 38 miles of the lake are unused by them is beyond me, but threading through them safely and correctly in a safe manner is challenging.
I often find that as soon as I take steps to give way to one there are three others heading towards me. It’s not uncommon for a sail boat here to be under power with sails furled and conspicuously keeping his heading regardless of what’s around him.
The sail boats here are entangled and in each other’s way far more often than the power boaters are and myself, I’ve never had so much as a close call.
Why? Because I know what’s going on and bust my ass to stay out of the way.
Be careful who you call ignorant.
Just to add (a little off topic) we have a small tributary river that our marina (as well as a bunch of others) sits on. This river is probably 300' wide with marinas on each side, leaving the path to the Ohio river somewhat narrow. There are often kayakers and paddleboarders on this tributary river, which is great. I mean this river is perfect for them. But occasionally you get 3 or 4 of them together and they spread out across the river about 10' apart meaning the only way to get around them is to go by within 10' of one. Most stick together closer to the shore to give room to the power boats but those that don't create a real safety issue for themselves. This is a no wake river but nonetheless, I am not comfortable getting that close to a kayaker but they leave us no choice. My guess are the ones that do this are the inexperienced ones that have no idea how that affects us to have to get that close.
Well you have to grab that Gold chain around that speedo wearing powerboater, don't you?Wow. I didn't read this for a couple of days and look at all the "fun" I missed. Dang, some of you guys really go for the throat, don't you.