On Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:07:18 -0400, you wrote: >Back in early 2004... the Boat US tow guy who kept his boat in my marina.. >left Cortez fla >to pull someone off of Mullet key.. long story.. in any case... >on his trip back... He saw the tug all lit up.... the barge in tow was NOT >lit up... >He let the tug pass then cut behind it... he had just enough time to duck as >the tow line sliced the >top of his cabin off just a few inches above the deck... The entire >marina, all 15 boats and owners >turned out the next morning (we were all liveaboards anyway) to gape at the >damage and >offer condolences to the Finny.. scary stuff... just proves how easy it is, >even for someone >as experienced as that to get hurt but someone not following the rules..
Yes, but when you see a tug, do you not LOOK to see what else may be around? > >My prime sailing ground from 2000 to early 2005 was SW Fla and I hope it >will be again soon.. >I cannot count the times 5-10 miles offshore I would run past a boat with NO >running lights at night. >and NO VHF on... that irritates me even more.. the working premise is to >save battery, you can look around >IF you see a boat, then flip the lights on.. I don't agree but I have been >told that many times... but there is NO >excuse to NOT have your VHF on.. > There was a case a couple of years ago in Fernandina Beach where a couple of fellows on a sailboat came in and anchored kind of on the edge of the anchorage area. They went down and went to sleep, but they didn't have an anchor light because there was a fault in the electrical system. A tug pushing a barge came along, and sunk their boat (which I think had drifted out into the channel a little) and one of them drowned. Part of the blame was assessed to the tug for not having a lookout on the barge, but of course a lot of it was a lack of an anchor light. >On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Lew Hodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> "Norm of Bandersnatch" wrote: >> >> > Flashing yellows are also used on the bow of barges under tow. I have >> > also >> > seen flashing yellows and flashing whites on fixed objects. So there >> > is >> > little consistency here. I endeavor to identify them on the chart and >> > generally avoid them. >> >> SFWIW: >> >> A couple of weeks ago,the brother of the Sanchez sisters (U S Congress >> women), and his girl friend left Los Angeles harbor about midnight >> headed for Catalina Island, 26+ miles of open ocean, in a 26 ft >> Bayliner. >> >> There was little moon light. >> >> There didn't make it. >> >> The boat containing the bodies was found turtled in about 150 ft of >> water, about 5 miles from harbor. >> >> A tug towing a barge with an 1,100 ft hawser was operating in the area. >> >> It is assumed the Bayliner hit the barge. >> >> I have been on a boat this time of year, headed for Catalina under >> similar conditions. >> >> It can be a little scary. >> >> I tend to be a little paranoid under those conditions, but I treat tug >> boats as if they were my sworn enemy whose sole purpose was to sink me >> and give them a VERY WIDE berth. >> >> Haven't been hit yet. >> >> YMMV >> >> Lew >> _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
