Nos4r2
Well-Known Member
Bearing in mind that the girlfriend and I tend to look like mildly scruffy locals wherever we go-and the 'SouthWest Transport' waterproof coat I was wearing to the un-knowing would pretty much confirm it:-
While we were in Fowey I encountered quite a few 'Leftover Yellow Welly Brigade Yotties' from regatta week and they were without question the rudest and most up their own ar$e people I've ever met. Their behaviour on the water was just as ignorant and rude as well.
I had a yacht gybe without warning for no apparent reason right across my bows and the only possible course of avoiding action I could take was slamming into full reverse to avoid him, (I was passing astern of him by 30+ feet at the time).This particular member of the yellow welly brigade was in the harbour at the time under full sail and had already asserted his right of way over an entire dinghy race going the same way as me(who were quite well out of the way at the other side of the harbour) causing chaos amongst them. He was moving at more than the harbour speed limit and I was doing 4 knots attempting not to hit the racers with any wash-and I was over 100 yards from them.
In short,he was under full sail through a crowded harbour when he really should have been under power. His gybe put him into the centre of the dinghy race again too-causing even more chaos- while he had a full 200 yards of clear water ahead of him that wasn't in a wind shadow from anywhere.
On several occasions whilst passing astern of sailing dinghies also doing considerably more than the 6 knot limit I had them decide that they MUST occupy the same bit of water I was in by tacking a full 180 degrees-then them swearing at me because I had to throttle right up for a second or so to avoid being rammed and my wash knocked the wind out of their sails.
I am an experienced raggie as well as a regular powerboater and there was no reason for them doing this apart from sheer bloodymindedness.I'm fully aware they have right of way and was trying my hardest to keep well away/anticipate their manouevres but using right of way as a sledgehammer just to p1ss people off is downright ignorant. Where do these idiots get off? Rule 17 Paragraph A of the colregs...
The locals (yotties/dinghy sailers etc etc) were absolute stars and their behaviour was exemplary in comparison to the clowns from outside.
For Christs sake, If someone under power is trying hard to keep as far out of the way as possible then where's the mileage in behaving like a total wannker towards them?
While we were in Fowey I encountered quite a few 'Leftover Yellow Welly Brigade Yotties' from regatta week and they were without question the rudest and most up their own ar$e people I've ever met. Their behaviour on the water was just as ignorant and rude as well.
I had a yacht gybe without warning for no apparent reason right across my bows and the only possible course of avoiding action I could take was slamming into full reverse to avoid him, (I was passing astern of him by 30+ feet at the time).This particular member of the yellow welly brigade was in the harbour at the time under full sail and had already asserted his right of way over an entire dinghy race going the same way as me(who were quite well out of the way at the other side of the harbour) causing chaos amongst them. He was moving at more than the harbour speed limit and I was doing 4 knots attempting not to hit the racers with any wash-and I was over 100 yards from them.
In short,he was under full sail through a crowded harbour when he really should have been under power. His gybe put him into the centre of the dinghy race again too-causing even more chaos- while he had a full 200 yards of clear water ahead of him that wasn't in a wind shadow from anywhere.
On several occasions whilst passing astern of sailing dinghies also doing considerably more than the 6 knot limit I had them decide that they MUST occupy the same bit of water I was in by tacking a full 180 degrees-then them swearing at me because I had to throttle right up for a second or so to avoid being rammed and my wash knocked the wind out of their sails.
I am an experienced raggie as well as a regular powerboater and there was no reason for them doing this apart from sheer bloodymindedness.I'm fully aware they have right of way and was trying my hardest to keep well away/anticipate their manouevres but using right of way as a sledgehammer just to p1ss people off is downright ignorant. Where do these idiots get off? Rule 17 Paragraph A of the colregs...
The locals (yotties/dinghy sailers etc etc) were absolute stars and their behaviour was exemplary in comparison to the clowns from outside.
For Christs sake, If someone under power is trying hard to keep as far out of the way as possible then where's the mileage in behaving like a total wannker towards them?
