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Everyone ignored the old Cowes speed limit, so it's been reigned in to only apply to the inner harbour or within 100m of the HW mark.
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Mariner69
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You might wish to read Rule 34 and note the signal. No where is it two hoots.
BruceK
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You mean this one?
or this one?
I'm confused. Maybe we have different Rule 34's?
Or maybe you thought that I didn't give"two hoots" to the rules
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Blue Sunray
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Odd, because Rule 34 seems to me to say
Rule 34 (Manoeuvring and warning signals) said:
Where did yours come from?
Blue Sunray
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You do understand that Portsmouth is not an "Inland Waterway"?
BruceK
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You understand that the channel I am referring to is Afon Conwy and is? Yes we use mph too until out, then go knots
Blue Sunray
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You understand that the channel I am referring to is Afon Conwy and is? Yes we use mph too until out, then go knots
Bloody hell I didn't realise that the IOW ferry went that far.
BruceK
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I was replying specifically to Sailorsam101's comment about skippers not looking behind them. This is not unique to Portsmouth, nor advocating that 2 blasts of the horn would be suitable there. Just simply passing comment on.....you got it 
...skippers not looking behind them.
Hoo boy everyone wants an argument
...skippers not looking behind them. Hoo boy everyone wants an argument
Blue Sunray
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I was replying specifically to Sailorsam101's comment about skippers not looking behind them. This is not unique to Portsmouth, nor advocating that 2 blasts of the horn would be suitable there. Just simply passing comment on.....you got it
Hoo boy everyone wants an argument
Yes, you do seem to
BruceK
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Don't pout over it, it's hardly worth it :encouragement:
Blue Sunray
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Oh dear.
jimmy_the_builder
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You lot need to calm down a bit. This isn't the lounge, thankfully.
BruceK
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LOL. Don't you butt in now Jimmy, if you want to queue jump to get the boot in, it's 2 hoots and a beep for a right legger unless you're inland and then you can disregard the beep.
l'escargot
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Everyone with fast boats seems to ignore the Dockyard of Portsmouth speed limit - 10 knots within 1000 yards of the shore in the area bounded by Bembridge to Hayling and Lee on Solent to East Cowes...
benjenbav
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The small boat channel is a great leveller. Everyone using it goes too fast/too slow/too close to the main channel/too near the middle.
Me? Every time I get through it without incident I seem to be in the process of congratulating myself on my seamanship only then to get nearly wiped out by the Gosport ferry/Southsea hovercraft depending, obviously, on which way I happen to be headed at the time.
Me? Every time I get through it without incident I seem to be in the process of congratulating myself on my seamanship only then to get nearly wiped out by the Gosport ferry/Southsea hovercraft depending, obviously, on which way I happen to be headed at the time.
henryf
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Nothing like jumping to assumptions 
Yes, we have just over 1,400 HP on tap from our engines. A top speed of just over 30 knots, a bit under 30 tonnes so great wake potential and a high freeboard so we look huge and can put the willies up smaller boats.
Except I'm at the helm.
I am woefully aware of my wash. I do look behind to make sure we aren't making too much wash. I used to live on the canal where wake is the topic of every other conversation. I had Emily at the helm for most of the weekend teaching her. The first day was spent at between 6 or 7 knots as we covered navigation and planned our way through the Solent traffic.
On Sunday we upped the speed leaving Souhampton water and the whole focus was on avoiding boats and leaving as much room as possible, in particular static fishing boats and yachts. We can't help the fact that we have the ability to cruise at 20 knots or more but we do use that ability to take the long way round where appropriate so as not to disrupt slower boats be they sail or motor. Emily will be taught the same courtesy.
So to suggest that by not sitting in the harbour entrance making a steady 1 knot entry I am anti-social is incorrect.
The speed limit within the harbour is 10 knots but at anything like that we cause a hell of a wake so instead I leave the engine in tick over and do a wake free 6.5 knots. Entering against a tide I use a small amount of throttle in an area of water already disturbed by wake and current. As we went up towards Fareham for a potter on Sunday it was tickover all the way. As we sat having our lunch we too got buffeted by small boats who insisted on dragging half the harbour behind them.
I still maintain there are a lot of boats not fit for purpose who insist on trying to battle through a very strong tide flowing out of Portsmouth when waiting until slower water would be prudent.
Henry
Yes, we have just over 1,400 HP on tap from our engines. A top speed of just over 30 knots, a bit under 30 tonnes so great wake potential and a high freeboard so we look huge and can put the willies up smaller boats.
Except I'm at the helm.
I am woefully aware of my wash. I do look behind to make sure we aren't making too much wash. I used to live on the canal where wake is the topic of every other conversation. I had Emily at the helm for most of the weekend teaching her. The first day was spent at between 6 or 7 knots as we covered navigation and planned our way through the Solent traffic.
On Sunday we upped the speed leaving Souhampton water and the whole focus was on avoiding boats and leaving as much room as possible, in particular static fishing boats and yachts. We can't help the fact that we have the ability to cruise at 20 knots or more but we do use that ability to take the long way round where appropriate so as not to disrupt slower boats be they sail or motor. Emily will be taught the same courtesy.
So to suggest that by not sitting in the harbour entrance making a steady 1 knot entry I am anti-social is incorrect.
The speed limit within the harbour is 10 knots but at anything like that we cause a hell of a wake so instead I leave the engine in tick over and do a wake free 6.5 knots. Entering against a tide I use a small amount of throttle in an area of water already disturbed by wake and current. As we went up towards Fareham for a potter on Sunday it was tickover all the way. As we sat having our lunch we too got buffeted by small boats who insisted on dragging half the harbour behind them.
I still maintain there are a lot of boats not fit for purpose who insist on trying to battle through a very strong tide flowing out of Portsmouth when waiting until slower water would be prudent.
Henry
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Why do you bother? Every yottie is going to hate you for having the effrontery to drive something that hasn't got a sail whether you're doing 6.5 or 65kts so you might as well put your pedal to the metal. Apropos nothing at all, this kind of self righteous bollox just doesn't seem happen anywhere else except the UK.
lionelz
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I pleased I'm not the only one then that thinks it a bun fight getting in and out. I have to say the advantage of a powerboat it tends to just increase the revs and push through. Sail boats can struggle. Loads of sail boat go through with their sails up. I have no idea if they are under power because I have never seen any with their under power marker up! So it's fair to say it goes both ways for making mistakes and not following the rules of the road! Either way it can be very busy with boats going all over the place and you most definitely should have both yours and any crew eye open
henryf
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I suffer just like everyone else when tied up in the harbour so there's no need to add to the misery. My canal heritage does run quite deep as well
Henry
