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Originally Posted by John A. Birdsall
We were moored off Sandy Point and watched the plane. We figured that the plane was circulating so that any commercial or others would stay out of the area of target.
I was amazed at the capt. boneheads that came up from behind in 20' distance on both sides at the same time at more than headway speed. And it was not just one or two, but many. So much for 150' rule or courtesy.
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We watched the Alton display from our docks. A good one this year and a lot more boats than the past year or 2. I'm not surprised about how many Capt B's were out, they were as thick as Canada geese on a grass lawn.
Anyway same was true in Meredith the next night. We did the boat trip there and it was also a good display though I think Alton did it better. I lost track of the number of times I was passed at <50' and at max wake speed on both sides as we headed out of the bay (and while staying close to port shore as possible). Even had one true bonehead pass me on my starboard then cut in front of me (<50' away) to go to shore ... only to find out he did that too early. So out from shore he came only to repeat the action again. I was tempted to "Littlefield" him but I thought my passengers might not like the extra fireworks.
ps - How about that "low flier" (not da plane) about 5 mins into the Alton display ? Betcha that soiled some underwear !