Idiot jet skis Southampton water

[MrB]

Are you for real?

I have had the popcorn ready all night waiting for a reply, I was going to but thought it better to wait. Classic BP's trolling for an argument! ? ? ? ? ? ???‍?‍?‍?‍

 

[ICTM]

Are you for real?

Unfortunately it appears so , just has some very strange views.

 

[Bigplumbs]

Are you for real?

I fear you have missed the subtle message in my post

 

[Bigplumbs]

I have had the popcorn ready all night waiting for a reply, I was going to but thought it better to wait. Classic BP's trolling for an argument! ? ? ? ? ? ???‍?‍?‍?‍

Oh look another poster who interprets people with different views from them as trolling

 

[Bigplumbs]

Who here is suggesting that they don't have?

Not me

 

[Black Sheep]

I suggest not feeding the troll

 

[Blue Sunray]

And of course responsibly is subjective. I think Yachties sailing around zig zagging all over the place (I think they call it tacking) when they have a perfectly good engine they could use and go in a straight line is being irresponsible.

Tacking of course was used when boats did not have engines and had no other option.... Now there is another option some still like to tack all over the place and expect others to avoid them. Must be some sort of regression thing

So as I said Responsibly is subjective

qv:

Tacking under sail out of Chichester

The term 'Troll' seems to be being used above (and increasingly on these fora) in the sense of "Someone with whom I disagree".

 

[john_morris_uk]

I much preferred my Leander steam to T22 gas turbine days. I don't know about the physics but we slowed enough not to hit it, allow it to restart its outboard and move on. And yes we'd have been doing 10knots or thereabouts, 28 would probably have put us into the speeding category and a telling off from QHM.

At 28 knots, the wheel over to port as you went past Devils point and then to starboard after passing Drakes Island would have been interesting.

 

[Cathy*]

We had a worrying near miss with a rhib yesterday. About 40 metres from the Prince consort buoy, which was our waypoint, the rhib which had been floating way off to our port suddenly turned and came at speed towards the same buoy and stopped. Then started darting in and out in an unpredictable way. We sounded our horn with no acknowledgement. So hard astern and keeping the horn on eventually one of those on board saw us grabbed the helm and blasted out of the way. She had the grace to wave sorry then we realised she was instructing. Not one person on that boat was keeping any kind of look out.

 

[Sticky Fingers]

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[Bigplumbs]

I suggest not feeding the troll

Priceless

 

[East Cardinal]

At 28 knots, the wheel over to port as you went past Devils point and then to starboard after passing Drakes Island would have been interesting.

As they say in the Hunt for Red October, " possible but not recommended!"

 

[Sticky Fingers]

That's two Red October references in the
same thread

 

[Never Grumble]

As they say in the Hunt for Red October, " possible but not recommended!"

at 28 knots it would have been interesting .... if nothing else think of the wash ...

We sounded our horn with no acknowledgement. So hard astern and keeping the horn on eventually one of those on board saw us grabbed the helm and blasted out of the way.

Five short blasts I presume.

 

[john_morris_uk]

at 28 knots it would have been interesting .... if nothing else think of the wash ...


Five short blasts I presume.

Five short blasts and then 'here I come sounding one loooooong blast.' *Four to six seconds' is quite a long time if your sound signal is LOUD and I'm sure nobody's going to complain if you stretch the six seconds...

 

[Easticks28]

Imho, one of the most sensible classes in the Norfolk Broads nav.bylaws is the one which bans the use of 'personal water craft'!