Hi Tod, Yes, I suppose you're right, 20 seconds is not much time considering he was trying to hail the runaway boat in that time frame. As I read the story I probably got carried away in horror and I was wondering what others on the list would do with a boat bearing down on them like this.
Rick > Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:40:53 -0400 > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: M_Boats: c > To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > I don't know, Rick > > With the boat traveling at about 25 kts toward you, at 300 yds off you'd > only have a bit over 20 seconds. Probably not enough time to even get to > the engine and get it started (remember, the anchored boat wasn't real small > either). > > Tod > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rick Langer > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: M_Boats: autopilots-What would you do? > > > Hi Tod, > > Thanks for that link. What a horrifying event. The article wasn't very > specific as to the details of the collision. Neither boat sank so it sounds > like a glancing blow. The fishing boat captain knew he was in trouble > seeing the cruiser at 300 yards. Besides trying to hail the cruiser what > else did he do? I wonder if he ever tried to move the fishing boat. Even > if at anchor, it seems he could have powered forward to avoid the collision. > Maybe he could have put out more rode or let it go. > > What would you do? > > Rick Langer > M15 #337 > > > > > Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:53:05 -0400 > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: M_Boats: autopilots > > To: "'For and about Montgomery Sailboats'" > > <[email protected]> > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > The story of a collision on the Chesapeake (Choptank) between an > > anchored boat (fishing) and a fast moving cabin cruiser on autopilot > > with nobody > on > > watch, from the Baltimore Sun: > > > > http://www.capedory.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=15968 > > > <http://www.capedory.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=15968&sid=72e81728a85751a8f29 > > 22a535994c4cf> &sid=72e81728a85751a8f2922a535994c4cf > > > > Tod _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
