They don't always obey boating rules and regulations. 2 summers ago I was approaching Eagle Island coming from Saunders Bay and I observed a F&G boat with 2 officers approaching me head on just after passing between Eagle and Govenors. They were towing another boat and leaving a very large wake because the stern was plowing. I slowed down to no wake because I was approaching the narrow passage between the 2 islands and they were no more than 10 or 15 feet off my port. As the operator approached he began waving his hand up and down vertically signaling me to slow down while he continued to plow and leave a large wake.
Its bad enough dodging civilian boneheads, we shouldn't have to dodge boneheads wearing a uniform.
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