BobnLesley
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The Greek Regs are perhaps the easiest to learn though: GRP gives way to steel.
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The Greek Regs are perhaps the easiest to learn though: GRP gives way to steel.
Clancy Moped
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And if you want to hear a proper Greek sea shanty, tune your VHF into channel 16
Martxer
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Used to be able to swear fluently in Greek
Seastoke
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Well we were coming back to port on wednesday night and and both shouted at me , i was in the buoyed chanel and needed to get backfor the gate . I normaly slow down for fishing but think they should not fish in the chaneland the raggie we would never get on the plane in our buo
You are doing ok , we sometimes pass raggies close but only in buoyed chanel.
penfold
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If the other vessel surprised you you weren't keeping an adequate lookout. No-one's perfect, I make mistakes too. Whether your vessel is faster than most other vessels in the area or not you will spend most of your time looking forward, but regular scanning all around to keep aware of what's going on is vital for safety and the more nearby vessels there are and the closer or faster they are the more frequent the scanning needs to be.
With non-compliant vessels it's even more important to observe rule 5 then? It's self-preservation, keeping a proper lookout is real-life boating, my encounters with Italian and Portugese fishing boats were guided by this rather than getting run down or fretting that they were ignoring the rules and displaying more lights than Selfridges christmas window display. No spouting should occur, collisions can be radio-assisted.
Touché.
Caraway
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oldgit
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Nope.............. but he has clocked up a lot of sea miles since 2003 rather than lots of shorebased computor posts., there are loads of things you can get from using a keyboard on the internet , experience is not one of them.
Do remember LJS telling me off (quite properly) many years ago.
Might have the debate about which anchor would be best for some newly launched Ark or other.
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ari
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That would have involved a fairly dramatic, almost 180 degree, turn, followed by another to return to the original course!
Better, surely, to turn a few degrees and take it on the stern then a few degrees back to the original course?
Caraway
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LJS registered in 2001. Penfold in 2003.Nope.............. but he has clocked up a lot of sea miles since 2003 rather than lots of shorebased computor posts., there are loads of things you can get from using a keyboard on the internet , experience is not one of them.
Do remember LJS telling me off (quite properly) many years ago.
Might have the debate about which anchor would be best for some newly launched Ark or other.
Martxer
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Having picked up some very useful suggestions on this thread the best course of action would have been to keep better lookout behind and as you suggest turn away from the wash as the wash was too close to turn into.
I wasn’t going to bother posting this but I am glad I did now .
Momac
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Turning into a wake is the way to go.
The deepest wake we met on our recent trip was from a sea cat wind farm vessel which had just come off the plane. The worst and most prolonged wake was a special vessel for erecting wind turbines .
The deepest wake we met on our recent trip was from a sea cat wind farm vessel which had just come off the plane. The worst and most prolonged wake was a special vessel for erecting wind turbines .
Bowlerhat
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Sparky thread …
We can all occasionally get things wrong. I’ve certainly looked back and created more wake than I thought. I’ve also learnt about securing things for the unexpected. It’s a dynamic environment where very few really understand the COLREGs and apply them all. And there’s often a big difference between between careless/thoughtless and being dangerous. Occasionally we’ll expect something of a fellow boater and feel disappointed.
We can all occasionally get things wrong. I’ve certainly looked back and created more wake than I thought. I’ve also learnt about securing things for the unexpected. It’s a dynamic environment where very few really understand the COLREGs and apply them all. And there’s often a big difference between between careless/thoughtless and being dangerous. Occasionally we’ll expect something of a fellow boater and feel disappointed.
Boathook
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I always keep an eye open for what is happening all around me especially as I travel at 5 knots being a 'raggy', as most boats seem faster than me! It gives an idea of likely conflicts when I tack. I try not to tack in front of other boats unless well ahead, etc. Also helps when just motoring on autohelm.
longjohnsilver
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Did I? What for? I don’t remember it.
Alicatt
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Biggest wake I remember is from a submarine on the surface when I was in a canoe
it was not steep but it was high and broad
ari
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So every time a faster boat overtakes you, you turn around almost 180 degrees and head off in a totally different direction just to take it bow on, then turn all the way back around to get back on track? I hope you don't boat on the Solent, it must be like being a pinball!
25931
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It obviously was a bit coarse if they taught you that you only needed to keep a lookout forward. You know better now
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Seastoke
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It’s easy for raggies looking back ,as you are hardly going need to overtake.It obviously was a bit coarse if they taught you that you only needed to keep a lookout forward. You know better now
longjohnsilver
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No, I was around long before then, but in 2001 iirc the forums were relaunched and all previous posters had their start dates changed to 2001.
Im guessing your close relative, Lakesailor, will probably remember that.
Caraway
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I'll ask.