Who has the Right Of Way

[BrunoSR]

Last Saturday morning around 9:30 we were just about at the no wake buoy right off Pine Island. We were doing about 3 to 4 miles per hour at this point and we see this center console coming around the North East side of Bear Island, on plane. He cuts across our bow, maybe 100 yards or so and then turns towards us and slows down and then stops. We go by him and he's staring at me like I have two heads and I am staring at him like what the F was that??? He yells PORT to PORT A--hole. I’m like really, you needed to cross over 800 yards of open entrance between Bear and Pine just to pass me, Port to Port???? Really??

[JPC]

After reading all these post I'm definitely not sailing on weekends anymore. Weekdays are much quieter.

[8gv]

Originally Posted by BrunoSR

Last Saturday morning around 9:30 we were just about at the no wake buoy right off Pine Island. We were doing about 3 to 4 miles per hour at this point and we see this center console coming around the North East side of Bear Island, on plane. He cuts across our bow, maybe 100 yards or so and then turns towards us and slows down and then stops. We go by him and he's staring at me like I have two heads and I am staring at him like what the F was that??? He yells PORT to PORT A--hole. I’m like really, you needed to cross over 800 yards of open entrance between Bear and Pine just to pass me, Port to Port???? Really??

Chapman's Piloting and Seamanship covers this.

Type "Meeting" in the search line and look for page 157.

I often pass Stbd to Stbd when there is adequate clearance as noted in the book.

Did this start as a meeting situation or was he first crossing from your port?

No matter how egregious I think another boater's rule breaking appears to be, I back off. No doubt I have given others cause for concern in my boating career.

https://books.google.com/books/about...d=gOLEhDB0vzgC

[BrunoSR]

Originally Posted by 8gv

Chapman's Piloting and Seamanship covers this.

Type "Meeting" in the search line and look for page 157.

I often pass Stbd to Stbd when there is adequate clearance as noted in the book.

Did this start as a meeting situation or was he first crossing from your port?

No matter how egregious I think another boater's rule breaking appears to be, I back off. No doubt I have given others cause for concern in my boating career.

https://books.google.com/books/about...d=gOLEhDB0vzgC

He came from my starboard side. I was up against Pine Island and he was coming from Bear Island. He crossed almost 800 yards of open entrance to go into the bay I was exiting. There weren't any other boats around us. No reason to do what he did.

[8gv]

Originally Posted by BrunoSR

He came from my starboard side. I was up against Pine Island and he was coming from Bear Island. He crossed almost 800 yards of open entrance to go into the bay I was exiting. There weren't any other boats around us. No reason to do what he did.

I concur. He might not understand that there's a better way available within the rules.