Interesting alleged incident

[Bob Stay]

Maybe the skippers can plan for the tide the way the rest of us have to?

Ha ha ha

 

[Otter]

Can't always stop wash with a mobo though, how ever slow you go. If you're punching a tide you start to push displacement speed whilst hardly moving over the ground, obviously depending on boat size and tidal drift.

Same for all of us, we all have to punch the tide, that doesn't excuse dangerous or irresponsible wash

 

[PaulRainbow]

Same for all of us, we all have to punch the tide, that doesn't excuse dangerous or irresponsible wash

A displacement sailboat (or mobo) will cut through the water completely differently to a semi-displacement or planing hull mobo.

I'm not talking about speeding mobo's, i'm talking about the disproportionate wash that is sometimes produced at very low SOG.

 

[nigelm]

Maybe the skippers can plan for the tide the way the rest of us have to?

If you had 400hp under your fist would you ????

 

[MountainGoat]

If you had 400hp under your fist would you ????

I'll happily sit behind a cyclist for a mile until I can give them the proper room to overtake. What do you think?

 

[nigelm]

I'll happily sit behind a cyclist for a mile until I can give them the proper room to overtake. What do you think?

Never seen a cyclist on the river ....

 

[pks1702]

If you had 400hp under your fist would you ????

Yup.

425hp on tap from a single 'big un' but still look to run with the tide.

Getting very used to tootling at single figures which give a remarkable fuel burn. The horses are in the stable if required but only get a run when needed.

Having done plenty of yachting in the past maybe I am a bit more aware of wash.

 

[MountainGoat]

Never seen a cyclist on the river ....

Same sort of attitude though. The sort of people who close pass cyclists are probably the same ones who half swamp nearby boats with their wash.

Remember when I was moored at the RCYC pontoon in Burnham. Hoisted up the mast, changing a bulb. Mobo came past, hell for leather, through the moorings, not even in the fairway. Loads of wash, boat heeled more than was entirely comfortable given I was dangling from the halyard. Not fun, not necessary.

 

[PaulRainbow]

Same sort of attitude though. The sort of people who close pass cyclists are probably the same ones who half swamp nearby boats with their wash.

Remember when I was moored at the RCYC pontoon in Burnham. Hoisted up the mast, changing a bulb. Mobo came past, hell for leather, through the moorings, not even in the fairway. Loads of wash, boat heeled more than was entirely comfortable given I was dangling from the halyard. Not fun, not necessary.

That's not the type of behavior i was referring to, that's obviously unacceptable.

I have always worked with the tide wherever possible, but there are times when pushing it can't be avoided. All i'm saying is, there may be occasions when a bit of wash cannot be helped.

 

[kayenox]

Same sort of attitude though. The sort of people who close pass cyclists are probably the same ones who half swamp nearby boats with their wash.

Remember when I was moored at the RCYC pontoon in Burnham. Hoisted up the mast, changing a bulb. Mobo came past, hell for leather, through the moorings, not even in the fairway. Loads of wash, boat heeled more than was entirely comfortable given I was dangling from the halyard. Not fun, not necessary.

Had that over the Bank Holiday weekend - just tied up onto our outside swinging mooring - 3 Mobo's come gunning by, with one of them overtaking another, bringing him within a few metres of our boat. I'm in the small rib alongside (and clearly visible to any boats coming by), loading our gear into it, which is then pushed heavily into our boat, throwing me against the hull. Turn to see the idiots giving me a cheery wave - probably wondering why I didn't wave back.

Couldn't say whether they were at or above the local speed limit (8knots) but a speed limit is not just a blind number - it's like any boating, you go according to the environment and conditions.