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Originally Posted by Rattlesnake Guy
We noticed a boat on plane coming straight at us 90 degrees on on the right.
I put my boat in neutral and watched the other boat with keen interest. As the boat broke the 150 foot barrier to us, RG picked up the camera to start documenting the situation. The boat fell off plane at about 75 from us. As the boat passed behind us,
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When I am not sure what to do I slow down or stop.
You were already at fast headway speed to keep control in heavy wind and chop. You say you saw the boat coming at you from 90 degrees and you started to notice them BEFORE they got within 150 feet of you. In my mind I would expect you to keep going because by the time the offender got to where you were you wouldn't be there. Maybe they saw you long before you noticed them. They passed behind you as they might have expected to do. And they probably expected you to keep moving rather than stopping and blocking their way.
It's the straight at you at 90 degrees further out than 150 feet that has me thinking that way.
In any case, both boaters have an obligation to go slow according to conditions and the 150 feet rule.