Chiara’s slave
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Passing motor boats are a nightmare when racing. Hero to zero if they catch you wrong.
I met a courteous mobo yesterday
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michael_w
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No problem for MoBos coming fast past me. I've got a seagoing boat that isn't fazed by being rocked around, I'd rather they came past up on the plane rather than slow down and dig a big hole in the ocean. Last year crossing Poole Bay we had the racing ones on the Cowes-Torquay-Cowes thundering past. Seriously quick!
lenten
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i woke up early after overnighting in the middle of cowes harbour to find a pea souper---i waited frustrated for a long time then decided to see if was any better at the harbour entrance---it wasn t---i listened for ships hooters ---heard nothing so decided to go---then big ships hooter----couldn t work out where it was coming from so only thing to do was carry on----out of the fog i saw the Sir Galahad stopped dead in the water to allow me to cross his bows---i felt my way to calshot spit to go oyster fishing----no compass---it had been stolen-------------Sir Galahad hit by a missile in the falklands----a very polite ship
MADRIGAL
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Agreed. The key is in the term "semi-displacement". Perhaps the term should be "semi-planing". Even at speeds of 20 knots or so, the bow is tipped up and they are pushing a great quantity of water aside. This is very different from the light speed boat, which seems to skim the water leaving little wake at all. As a dinghy cruiser, I have become adept at recognising the former in time to alter course to cross their wake on my bow, as it risks swamping or even capsize (perish the thought!) to meet such steep, closely spaced waves on any other bearing. I fly Romeo Yankee from the spreaders when there is much traffic about, but it does little good - most of them seem a bit rusty on the International Code of Signals.