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Originally Posted by ITD
I'm trying to figure out how you get cut off at the channel. If you are approaching from Eagle Island direction and another boat approaches from Weirs docks, the boat from the Weirs has the right of way. Confused here.....
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If you were referring to my almost 'incident', I believe that I was already in the channel with barely more than a boats beam and a half clearance on my Starboard side towards the Weirs side of the channel. The para-sailling boat looked like he wanted to overtake me and pass me on the Starboard side, which in my opinion was very unsafe to do at the moment. I held my speed and course and luckily the channel got too narrow before he could pass me.
But it sure looked like he was thinking hard about trying to pass me, or at least ride my stern much too closely through the channel.
I was too hyper-focused on the boats in front of me to notice what happened to the boats behind or approaching me on the port side.
If anyone else on the forum saw this incident, I shure would love to hear how it looked from someone that didn't have their shorts wet and their heart in their throat as mine were at the time!
Feel free to PM me if you don't want to share the details here.
