Cruise Ship Runs Aground in Atlantic ICW - Obstruction Blo..

Don White wrote:
> "HK" <payer33859.TakeThisOut@mypacks.net> wrote in message
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>> Don White wrote:
>>> "HK" <payer33859.TakeThisOut@mypacks.net> wrote in message
>>> news:0vWdnS4h9szvr6janZ2dnUVZ_ubinZ2d@comcast.com...
>>>> Something big enough to put a hole in a steel ship?
>>>
>>> Caught a news clip first of the week where a guy claimed that a hugh
>>> wave, generated by Post Tropical Storm Noel, moved a 100 ton granite
>>> boulder
>>> some distance at Peggys Cove.
>>
>> That would be some wave...
>
> I'll drive down before the weather turns for the worse and investigate.
> It's always a beautiful place to visit..... unless you're one of the small
> lake sailors here who are terrified by a 5 foot swell.
>
>

Bang your fist on that boulder and see if it is hollow!
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On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:31:14 -0500, "Scotty" <SBV.RemoveThis@SBV.SBV> wrote:

>I heard he was trying 'to wake' a small sailboat and ran too
>close to the edge.
>


Do you really believe that people run around on the water deliberately
trying to wake sailboats?

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"Wayne.B" <waynebatrecdotboats.TakeThisOut@hothail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:31:14 -0500, "Scotty" <SBV.TakeThisOut@SBV.SBV>
wrote:
>
> >I heard he was trying 'to wake' a small sailboat and ran
too
> >close to the edge.
> >
>
>
> Do you really believe that people run around on the water
deliberately
> trying to wake sailboats?


Some do, it's a fact. Ask the GC.


SBV
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Scotty wrote:
> "Wayne.B" <waynebatrecdotboats.TakeThisOut@hothail.com> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:31:14 -0500, "Scotty" <SBV.TakeThisOut@SBV.SBV>
> wrote:
>>> I heard he was trying 'to wake' a small sailboat and ran
> too
>>> close to the edge.
>>>
>>
>> Do you really believe that people run around on the water
> deliberately
>> trying to wake sailboats?
>
>
> Some do, it's a fact. Ask the GC.
>
>
> SBV
>
>


I've seen plenty of guys in floating RV-Condo boats coming down the ICW,
oblivious to their wakes. They didn't give a damn they were damaging
shell banks, or rocking the hell out of small boats along the way.
Justice arrived when some of them ran aground on a sandbar a little
south of where we lived near St. Augustine.
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On Sat, 10 Nov 07, HK wrote:
>I've seen plenty of guys in floating RV-Condo boats coming down the ICW,
>oblivious to their wakes.

Not sure the type you're referring to but the worst around here are
the 25'-35' space ship looking planing boats that run along half way
up on plane. They'd do everybody a favor if they either speed up or
slow down. Doesn't really matter which. Either way they'd leave a much
smaller wake. And yes, they're totally oblivious to what they're
doing.

Rick
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PhantMan.RemoveThis@nospam.invalid wrote:
> On Sat, 10 Nov 07, HK wrote:
>> I've seen plenty of guys in floating RV-Condo boats coming down the ICW,
>> oblivious to their wakes.
>
> Not sure the type you're referring to but the worst around here are
> the 25'-35' space ship looking planing boats that run along half way
> up on plane. They'd do everybody a favor if they either speed up or
> slow down. Doesn't really matter which. Either way they'd leave a much
> smaller wake. And yes, they're totally oblivious to what they're
> doing.
>
> Rick


Those are some of the worst offenders.
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<PhantMan DeleteThis @nospam.invalid> wrote
> Not sure the type you're referring to but the worst around here are
> the 25'-35' space ship looking planing boats that run along half way
> up on plane. They'd do everybody a favor if they either speed up or
> slow down. Doesn't really matter which. Either way they'd leave a much
> smaller wake. And yes, they're totally oblivious to what they're doing.

That's exactly what I get here on my river. And I have to believe they're
oblivious, because it's disturbing to think that anyone would intentionally
drive a boat around like that.
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In article <sbacj31inspggct5ictekg6r3pn49og6ah.TakeThisOut@4ax.com>,
PhantMan.TakeThisOut@nospam.invalid wrote:

> Not sure the type you're referring to but the worst around here are
> the 25'-35' space ship looking planing boats that run along half way
> up on plane. They'd do everybody a favor if they either speed up or
> slow down. Doesn't really matter which. Either way they'd leave a much
> smaller wake. And yes, they're totally oblivious to what they're
> doing.

I guess they would not even appreciate saving half the fuel.
Possibly related to boasting behaviour of our nearest relatives

Marc

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"Geoff Schultz" <geoff"at"@geoffschultz.org> wrote in
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>
>
>
> Boaters who don't know the rules
>
> Boaters who know the rules and just don't care
>
> A special case of the above is the Sports Fishing boats
who have
> important places to be and pass close by throwing up 4'
wakes


Acording to someone on this group, it's his God given right
to wake a smaller boat and you should just deal with it, or
get off ''his'' waters.

Not sure if he falls under #1 or # 2.



SBV
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Scotty wrote:
> "Geoff Schultz" <geoff"at"@geoffschultz.org> wrote in
> message news:Xns99E5442E7AEC6geoffschultz@216.196.97.136...
>>
>>
>> Boaters who don't know the rules
>>
>> Boaters who know the rules and just don't care
>>
>> A special case of the above is the Sports Fishing boats
> who have
>> important places to be and pass close by throwing up 4'
> wakes
>
>
> Acording to someone on this group, it's his God given right
> to wake a smaller boat and you should just deal with it, or
> get off ''his'' waters.
>
> Not sure if he falls under #1 or # 2.
>
>
>
> SBV
>
>


Well, you can always put torn-up nets in their path. There's nothing
like 100' of fishing net wrapped around the propshaft to slow down these
inboard behemoths!
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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:54:08 -0500, "Scotty" <SBV.TakeThisOut@SBV.SBV> wrote:

>Acording to someone on this group, it's his God given right
>to wake a smaller boat and you should just deal with it, or
>get off ''his'' waters.
>
>Not sure if he falls under #1 or # 2.

============================

No whine before its time.

One man's ripple is another man's tsunami. "Waking a smaller boat"
implies an intentional malicious action, and I don't think much, if
any, of that goes on. I'd be the first to call someone to task if I
suspected it.

That said, wakes happen. Get over it, buy a bigger boat, or stay away
from where the big boys play.
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"Wayne.B" <waynebatrecdotboats.TakeThisOut@hothail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:54:08 -0500, "Scotty" <SBV.TakeThisOut@SBV.SBV> wrote:
>
>>Acording to someone on this group, it's his God given right
>>to wake a smaller boat and you should just deal with it, or
>>get off ''his'' waters.
>>
>>Not sure if he falls under #1 or # 2.
>
> ============================
>
> No whine before its time.
>
> One man's ripple is another man's tsunami. "Waking a smaller boat"
> implies an intentional malicious action, and I don't think much, if
> any, of that goes on. I'd be the first to call someone to task if I
> suspected it.
>
> That said, wakes happen. Get over it, buy a bigger boat, or stay away
> from where the big boys play.


Wayne... doesn't matter if it's intentional or not. You're responsible for
your wake. Having a bigger boat doesn't absolve you of your
responsibilities; it increases them.

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On Sun, 11 Nov 2007 11:06:24 -0500, HK <payer33859 RemoveThis @mypacks.net> wrote:

>Well, you can always put torn-up nets in their path. There's nothing
>like 100' of fishing net wrapped around the propshaft to slow down these
>inboard behemoths!

How do we slow the outboard behemoths?
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