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[zoidberg]

Here is a very short 'how not to do it' video, illustrating a 'seamanship' principle unlikely to be encountered by most 'Jester' participants.

Keeping a watch.... at all times

 

[Stemar]

Oops! Lucky to get away with that.

I seem to recall another autopilot-induced incident where a delivery skipper put a large navigation buoy as a waypoint. Their arrival at the waypoint was announced with a large crunch, the boat sank and the skipper's insurance didn't cover him for commercial sailing.

 

[SaltyC]

Not sure how toput this appropriately. After this weekends RYA instructor conference and the now way forward, Digital first --- OOOOOOPPPPPS!

 

[KeelsonGraham]

I can’t even begin to fathom the mindset that led to this situation.

 

[zoidberg]

Oops! Lucky to get away with that.

I seem to recall another autopilot-induced incident where a delivery skipper put a large navigation buoy as a waypoint. Their arrival at the waypoint was announced with a large crunch, the boat sank and the skipper's insurance didn't cover him for commercial sailing.

I believe I recall that incident, if the waypoint was a Shingles - Mid or Elbow - Port Hand buoy. Unlike the couple ( above ) who were very apparently bonking, the two blokes who mounted the Needles Channel seamarker at pace didn't offer that excuse....

 

[Stemar]

I think that was the one.

As for bonking, as the saying goes, God gave man a brain and a penis, but only enough blood to use one at a time.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Didn’t PBO run an article several years ago about ‘Waypoint Assisted Collisions’? Highlighting the risks of people navigating to a waypoint, such as a buoy or headland, and meeting a boat coming the other way with the same waypoint in their plotter.

 

[zoidberg]

Didn’t PBO run an article several years ago about ‘Waypoint Assisted Collisions’? Highlighting the risks of people navigating to a waypoint, such as a buoy or headland, and meeting a boat coming the other way with the same waypoint in their plotter.

Aviation identified and solved that problem decades ago, requiring aircraft heading in near-reciprocal directions to separate themselves vertically. We don't have the luxury of managing that - but even if we did, some eedjit on here would argue against it or want to change the rules 'cos he'd 'thought of a better way'....
....and the Americans would go their own sweet way as they always do.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Aviation identified and solved that problem decades ago, requiring aircraft heading in near-reciprocal directions to separate themselves vertically. We don't have the luxury of managing that -

Subs can

 

[Stemar]

Didn’t PBO run an article several years ago about ‘Waypoint Assisted Collisions’? Highlighting the risks of people navigating to a waypoint, such as a buoy or headland, and meeting a boat coming the other way with the same waypoint in their plotter.

They did indeed. I went through my waypoint list after that, moving the buoy points 100m to starboard of my most likely direction of approach. Sod's law says I'll now approach one from 90 deg to port

Subs can

Perhaps, but if Jazzcat turns into a submarine, running into a buoy or another boat would be the last thing I'd worry about

 

[Gibeltarik]

Hurtigruten have a number of ships serving a 30+ sequence of ports up and down the Norwegian coast. The company has set routes so that Northbound always track to the right of the optimum course as do the Southbound ships. Works for them.