[Rhodes22-list] More Lacking Etiquette

[Bob Weber]

I guess I am up again, what the heck I will be going thru this again in a 
couple hours anyway.  The Colgegs are set up to where one and only one 
vessel is the stand on vessel who is responsible to maintain speed and 
direction and one vessel is the give way who is responsible to alter speed 
or direction so as to avoid a collision.  To exaggerate you move is a good 
idea, etiquette, so the other vessel knows your intentions.  Anne did not 
provide enough info as to whether she was the stand on / or give way.  Bob

>From: "Herb Parsons" <hparsons at parsonsys.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] More Lacking Etiquette
>Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 12:36:16 -0500
>
>If I'm not mistaken, the "rules of the road" say that an operator should
>make his intentions clear, either by obvious course changes, or sound
>signals.
>
>Herb Parsons
>
>S/V O'Jure
>   1976 O'Day 25
>
>S/V Reve de Papa
>   1971 Coronado 35
>
> >>> anima13 at bellsouth.net 10/15/04 4:45 AM >>>
>
>Oh boy, Your etiquette discussions makes me need to relate an incident
>from
>my sunday sail. It was a great sailing day on KY Lake and I was trucking
>along
>on reasonably close-hulled when I noticed two sailboats, one a 38
>benneateau
>and
>another 40+ Pearson closing in on me, for real. Problem is, the
>Pearson's
>helmsman
>is holding the heavy wood tiller but facing backward to talk to the
>benneteau!
>His anchor is heading my way at eye level.
>I hail him and he answers but immediately faces backward again and his
>bow
>is now
>more closely aimed for my beam!
>I just give up and fall off in front of him before I run out of room.
>I go way across the lake to get outta the way of this character.
>15 minutes later, I see him closing in on me again. I tack, he follows,
>I
>jibe, then
>here he comes! I just cannot shake this PIA. He gets closer and hails me
>to
>tell me he
>"never would have hit me". Well, now I do not have a huge boat, but I
>value
>mine in
>the same way he does his. I am not in a modd to take a chance..it is a
>big
>lake
>I could not trust someone with his back to me not to hit me, now can I?
>Besides this occured in the canal where the wind does surprising things.
>I warn folks about this "canal effect" often and stay aware of it when I
>sail.
>The conditions that day were quite variable with big gusts.
>I don't know, seemed like poor boat-man-ship to me.
>Anne
>
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