doug748
Well-Known Member
A friend of mine was recently proceeding diagonally across the River Tamar in his disreputable looking 10ft dinghy and 2 1/2 horse outboard, into the tide. He spied in the distance a tripper boat coming upriver and obviously about to make a turn to Stbd to follow the line of the river upstream. (Those who know the river will imagine a tripper boat turning to Sta at the Rubble Bank, as the launch makes his way from Torpoint).
After the tripper makes his turn, it is clear to our man in the dinghy that the oncoming boat will be rather close for comfort, and he bears away maybe 10deg to clearly cross the other boats bows. He says he has done this for three reasons:
1) To demonstrate to the stand on vessell that he is carrying on.
2) Ditto that he is not going to do anything silly.
3) To put some distance between the boats and minimise any wash problem.
Our friend is a bit vague about this.. but stoutly insists that the boats were never closer than 50mtrs.
Now the interesting bit, a MOD police launch sees all this, being aft of the said tripper vessel. He stops my friend....
What do you think he said?
What did my friend have to say in return?
After the tripper makes his turn, it is clear to our man in the dinghy that the oncoming boat will be rather close for comfort, and he bears away maybe 10deg to clearly cross the other boats bows. He says he has done this for three reasons:
1) To demonstrate to the stand on vessell that he is carrying on.
2) Ditto that he is not going to do anything silly.
3) To put some distance between the boats and minimise any wash problem.
Our friend is a bit vague about this.. but stoutly insists that the boats were never closer than 50mtrs.
Now the interesting bit, a MOD police launch sees all this, being aft of the said tripper vessel. He stops my friend....
What do you think he said?
What did my friend have to say in return?
