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I have used power and sail in loads of diffrent places. In the carib, they have power meets and lots of raggies gather to gawp at the loonies belting arond a short course. In the med, everyone gawps at the big boats, some power some sail. There's almost never ever any fist-waving at sea. Not so in the solent.
I *think* i may have alighted on the answer. Your decide. I mentioned this in the past so hopefully will phrase it better.
Supposing someone else at a funfair, decides to shoot the ducks. They are given the gun and the pellets. They look down the sight. But instead of pointing it away from you they point it AT you. You move away - and they follow you, grinning. Then, they swerve it away, and shoot at the floating duck or whatever. You'd be annoyed and concerend, and quite right too. "What's the matter?" they laugh "I was in perfect control, been doing this donkey's years". Hold that thought.
Now, in the solent, obstructions either side, loads of boats, there is somehow a tendency to point a powerboat - at a sailing boat! I'm not kidding. There isn't really a "very clear" bit of water, esp at weekends gong east-west as most do. So with limited space, there's a significant tendency to point towards a distant boat that seems near-stationary (as they all do) as a "focus" perhaps. I mean, much easier to line up with a white thing in the water than a bit of a very round hill on IOW, perhaps. Anyway, I've been on other powerboats, and had other quite esp helms drive my (power) boats and most if not all do this, unaware of the uncomfortable "gun scenario" feeling on the sailing boat as the mobo closes in having chosen them as their next quasi-waypoint.
So, you aren't paranoid and they ARE outto get you - but unconciously! Mebbe i shd've posted this on the mobo forum. Loads of mobos will deny they do it, but look down the line of the bow, there's almost always a sailing boat, and they stay on thart line for quite some time. Loads will deny it, but it somehow seems to take some extra effort for a mobo (even drivben with expertise and care etc) to ensure that there isn't a sailing boat bang on the nose, in the solent.
Discuss!
I *think* i may have alighted on the answer. Your decide. I mentioned this in the past so hopefully will phrase it better.
Supposing someone else at a funfair, decides to shoot the ducks. They are given the gun and the pellets. They look down the sight. But instead of pointing it away from you they point it AT you. You move away - and they follow you, grinning. Then, they swerve it away, and shoot at the floating duck or whatever. You'd be annoyed and concerend, and quite right too. "What's the matter?" they laugh "I was in perfect control, been doing this donkey's years". Hold that thought.
Now, in the solent, obstructions either side, loads of boats, there is somehow a tendency to point a powerboat - at a sailing boat! I'm not kidding. There isn't really a "very clear" bit of water, esp at weekends gong east-west as most do. So with limited space, there's a significant tendency to point towards a distant boat that seems near-stationary (as they all do) as a "focus" perhaps. I mean, much easier to line up with a white thing in the water than a bit of a very round hill on IOW, perhaps. Anyway, I've been on other powerboats, and had other quite esp helms drive my (power) boats and most if not all do this, unaware of the uncomfortable "gun scenario" feeling on the sailing boat as the mobo closes in having chosen them as their next quasi-waypoint.
So, you aren't paranoid and they ARE outto get you - but unconciously! Mebbe i shd've posted this on the mobo forum. Loads of mobos will deny they do it, but look down the line of the bow, there's almost always a sailing boat, and they stay on thart line for quite some time. Loads will deny it, but it somehow seems to take some extra effort for a mobo (even drivben with expertise and care etc) to ensure that there isn't a sailing boat bang on the nose, in the solent.
Discuss!
