APS
You're probably correct that I notice close passages more at 1200 - 1500 RPM than I would at my cruising speed 3500 RPM; also, more boats are passing us when operating at low speed. Another factor is that my wake at 7 MPH provides less inducement to Cap't. Bonehead to keep his distance than it does at 35 MPH.
However, the fact remains that, while I was running at hull speed, the Cap't. and a whole lot of his boneheaded relatives chose to play "strafe the old farkle in the slow moving cruiser" at distances that even the Cap't. couldn't mistake for 150 ft.
(No real harm done as long as the other boat physically misses me, but somewhat annoying!)
There also seems to be an almost universal asumption that a slow moving boat is automatically the "give-way boat" in a crossing situation.
(Which I typically do anyway, just out of courtesy.)
Getting back to the original topic, does anybody know whether the curriculum is different in the classroom instruction from what it was in the internet course?
If so, is there more emphasis on actual safety matters in the classroom instruction?
Silver Duck