Things to avoid?

[Bouba]

Number one on my list would be an aircraft carrier
Sailboat Collides with French Aircraft Carrier Charles de Gaulle - Naval News

 

[Poignard]

Wrong forum Bouba!

 

[Bouba]

Wrong forum Bouba!

The Charles De Gaulle is a motorboat

 

[Mr Googler]

Power gives way to sail at all times and in all scenario’s…..we all know that ??

 

[Mr Googler]

The Charles De Gaulle is a motorboat

You like a french boat ??

 

[Bouba]

......besides, it happened just up the road...

 

[Mistroma]

Did the carrier have to return to port for repairs? The insurance claim form should make an interesting read. I can see the boxes now: "Details of damage done to other craft", "were any crew injured on the other boat" (i.e. when they were thrown about by force of the collision), "name of other craft's insurance company", "approx. value of vessel").

 

[PilotWolf]

Yellow snow.

W.

 

[Elessar]

Power gives way to sail at all times and in all scenario’s…..we all know that ??

In this case the sails were up so unless he was motor sailing, overtaking the carrier (unlikely!) or the carrier was in a narrow channel, the carrier should have given way. I call ships on the VHF to inform them they of my intention to stand on before hitting them. They always give way.

 

[Bigplumbs]

Sail Boat tacking up the river when they have a perfectly good engine they could switch on.

 

[Bouba]

In this case the sails were up so unless he was motor sailing, overtaking the carrier (unlikely!) or the carrier was in a narrow channel, the carrier should have given way. I call ships on the VHF to inform them they of my intention to stand on before hitting them. They always give way.

It’s more complicated if I had to guess. For a start the carrier would more than likely be in the shipping lane, then a carrier will have an exclusion zone around it, and finally the day was windy and even if the yacht skipper had control he could have been moving at speed and in directions to make avoiding it impossible. And perhaps the carrier bridge did respond correctly hence no major damage or injuries

 

[Clancy Moped]

Pubs with flat roofs and bars on the windows on estates.

 

[Bouba]

Pubs with flat roofs and bars on the windows on estates.

Why? It’s not often that one of them gets hit by a boat???

 

[Clancy Moped]

Why? It’s not often that one of them gets hit by a boat???

No, but your likely to get smacked in the boat.

 

[Mr Googler]

In this case the sails were up so unless he was motor sailing, overtaking the carrier (unlikely!) or the carrier was in a narrow channel, the carrier should have given way. I call ships on the VHF to inform them they of my intention to stand on before hitting them. They always give way.

 

[Kukri]

The Charles De Gaulle is a motorboat

Oh no she isn’t!

She’s a steamship!

 

[Bouba]

Oh no she isn’t!

She’s a steamship!

Ah...very true....so dare we kick them out of the forum ?

 

[Momac]

I think it's best to keep well out of the way of ships. wherever possible.

 

[BruceK]

Roy

 

[Mr Googler]

Roy

Easily done whilst at sea……..as he won’t be ?