Solitaire
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this afternoon while returing from a quick trip across to Cowes. Coming down the main channel out of Southampton Water was a large tanker with its usual pilot escort out front. Travelling from East to West was a sail boat (yachtie!), in utter amazment and to the no doubted shock of all around, said yachtie carried on! Despite repeated blasts from the tanker, the fool carried on, and on and on. More blasts from tanker! But no, on and on the fool did come. When I say I watched in amazement - now I know I may be prone to exageration at times/forums/images/icons/wink.gif, but this was a major near miss - I mean amazment! ! would say that the yacht passed the bows of the tanker not more than 20 metres in front of it! How the tanker did not run it down I'll never know. If you can belive this, the helm just seemed oblivious to the fact and even when to pilot boat came and stopped him he just sailed on! I have seen some bizarre things on the water, but this took the biscuit! There is no doubt in my mind that aforsaid yachtie helm firmly belived that he had "right of way" due to being undersail! It really was a truly incrediblie thing to watch and I hope the pilot/HbM boat gave this guy a ticket! Even on posting this some 5 hours after the event, I don't know how that guy and his crew are not a very major statistic!!
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