schrater
Senior Member
- Joined
- Sep 4, 2016
- Messages
- 130
- Location
- USA
- Vessel Name
- Matilda
- Vessel Make
- Ponderosa (CHB) 35' Sundeck
Anyone familiar with with the channel into Ilwaco (PNW) knows it is long, narrow, and unforgiving. Entering the other day, I was doing about 6kts (my cruise speed) and staying to the right side of the channel as best I could. A larger fishing charter came up behind me at least double my speed and passed me with no more than a boat length between us. That was too close and the channel is too narrow to turn for a better angle, and my boat slide sideways right into his wake, rolling significantly, dropping my rail into the water and shearing off a fender.
To top matters off, he then got on VHF 16 and said simply and cryptically, “Learning experience“. Short of just chalking the other guy off as a jerk, wondering what else can be done to mitigate these types of situations when I’m the overtaken vessel?
To top matters off, he then got on VHF 16 and said simply and cryptically, “Learning experience“. Short of just chalking the other guy off as a jerk, wondering what else can be done to mitigate these types of situations when I’m the overtaken vessel?