Richard W
Senior Member
- Joined
- Jan 2, 2014
- Messages
- 301
- Location
- The 3rd Rock from the Sun
- Vessel Name
- anytime
- Vessel Make
- 2007 Chaparral 270 Signature LOA 29'
Surly things are changing, and not for the better ... wait till millennials take over completely from baby boomers ...
On the other hand, it's called progress ... faster, better?, cheaper, etc. On the road, and on the water ... more traffic, faster and nimbler vehicles and vessels, people rushing and trying to get the most out their day off work, blah, blah, blah. Slow going trawlers with relaxed and/or retired crew are not the mainstream anymore. This is the new normal ... generational thing perhaps that was always present.
On the other hand, this topic of not so slow pass, and wake, and nasty radio com pops up frequently on TF. There was one month ago or so ... interestingly enough, the context for most stories is ICW.
Ah! ICW ... maybe we should rename it to GW ... like in grumpy waterway that is somehow similar to close-knit residential road with kids playing on the street, and any car going faster than 20 MPH (equivalent of 7 knots) is frown upon.
I have not been on ICW outside of NY/NJ area, have no idea about what is happening further south, and to be honest I am getting the feeling I will not like it.
I boat on Saint Lawrence Seaway most of the time. It's a busy commercial waterway on US/Canada border with plenty of commercial freight and cruise ships, pleasure boats and sailboats, and official (USCG, CCG, CBP, CBSA, DHS, RCMP, etc) traffic. The waterway narrows down to a few hundred feet in some places, with rocky bottom and shores all the way while still maintaining two separate lanes for commercial traffic.
There is simply no place and time for slow pass in many situations. Move quickly and move out of the way is the modus operandi here. Same in and around the NY/NJ harbors.
Just a sampler of "slow pass" on SLS, an animated QT (.mov) clip made of the still photos made when approaching and passing a north amrican laker. I was going at trawler speed of around 6 knots. Hope the link works ... http://proinet.com/pics/SLSslowpass.mov
On the other hand, it's called progress ... faster, better?, cheaper, etc. On the road, and on the water ... more traffic, faster and nimbler vehicles and vessels, people rushing and trying to get the most out their day off work, blah, blah, blah. Slow going trawlers with relaxed and/or retired crew are not the mainstream anymore. This is the new normal ... generational thing perhaps that was always present.
On the other hand, this topic of not so slow pass, and wake, and nasty radio com pops up frequently on TF. There was one month ago or so ... interestingly enough, the context for most stories is ICW.
Ah! ICW ... maybe we should rename it to GW ... like in grumpy waterway that is somehow similar to close-knit residential road with kids playing on the street, and any car going faster than 20 MPH (equivalent of 7 knots) is frown upon.
I have not been on ICW outside of NY/NJ area, have no idea about what is happening further south, and to be honest I am getting the feeling I will not like it.
I boat on Saint Lawrence Seaway most of the time. It's a busy commercial waterway on US/Canada border with plenty of commercial freight and cruise ships, pleasure boats and sailboats, and official (USCG, CCG, CBP, CBSA, DHS, RCMP, etc) traffic. The waterway narrows down to a few hundred feet in some places, with rocky bottom and shores all the way while still maintaining two separate lanes for commercial traffic.
There is simply no place and time for slow pass in many situations. Move quickly and move out of the way is the modus operandi here. Same in and around the NY/NJ harbors.
Just a sampler of "slow pass" on SLS, an animated QT (.mov) clip made of the still photos made when approaching and passing a north amrican laker. I was going at trawler speed of around 6 knots. Hope the link works ... http://proinet.com/pics/SLSslowpass.mov
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