I enjoy your forum and view it regularly. Your last thread about road rage on the water I found to be so offensive to the point I registered just to make this post. I own a 39' Hatteras with punched up engines with my cousin. We enjoy running it and running it fast. We cruise in the upper twenties. I can assure all of you, bad boat manners are not limited to faster boats. We operate our boat properly and courteously. We are from here, people know us and we use discretion accordingly. I hold a 50 T Master License, even made a living as a captain for a while if you want to call it a living.
I find most "Poke Boats" are belligerent. They hog the middle of a narrow channel, force you over unnecessarily, totally disregard any horn signals and in for the most part are a pain in the a**. In my training, I saw no mention that Inland and International Rules specify that "Poke Boats" are exempt form the same rules the rest of us adhere to. There are those trawlers that operate properly with good seamanship that I am happy to share water with.
You can poke over the waterway all you want bragging about your fuel consumption. Big trawlers in my marina don't get that great of fuel mileage. I pay some premium for for our speed. I can be at cruising destinations in 3 hours that "Poke Boats" will take all day and then some to get to.
Like the old saying---"Those in glass houses shouldnt throw rocks"
St. Simons Island GA
-- Edited by Ragbagger at 20:37, 2007-12-05
-- Edited by Ragbagger at 20:41, 2007-12-05
-- Edited by Ragbagger at 20:43, 2007-12-05
I find most "Poke Boats" are belligerent. They hog the middle of a narrow channel, force you over unnecessarily, totally disregard any horn signals and in for the most part are a pain in the a**. In my training, I saw no mention that Inland and International Rules specify that "Poke Boats" are exempt form the same rules the rest of us adhere to. There are those trawlers that operate properly with good seamanship that I am happy to share water with.
You can poke over the waterway all you want bragging about your fuel consumption. Big trawlers in my marina don't get that great of fuel mileage. I pay some premium for for our speed. I can be at cruising destinations in 3 hours that "Poke Boats" will take all day and then some to get to.
Like the old saying---"Those in glass houses shouldnt throw rocks"
St. Simons Island GA
-- Edited by Ragbagger at 20:37, 2007-12-05
-- Edited by Ragbagger at 20:41, 2007-12-05
-- Edited by Ragbagger at 20:43, 2007-12-05