as you probably know, quick, repeated, short blasts is the 'I'm freaking
out'  signal.

thesize and distant to a large ship can be deceptive..
plus with currents .....it's very strange how something like a bouy can
'suck a sailboat in' ....like things need a lot more clearance that it
appears often.

Sailor SF Bay for a few years.  Great activity !

On 4/19/2013 8:48 PM, neil n wrote:
> That's awesome stuff! It makes sense, but I had no idea the top RPM
> was so low. Throwing a rod has new meaning to me now.  ;)
>
> re: manoeuvring. Any time I was out sailing with my bud in his
> Catalina, we were always wary of the freighters and cruise ships. When
> they were spied, we got out of the way asap. Certainly no shortage of
> them coming in/out of the port of Vancouver BC.
>
> >From my house, I can hear the ships honking, sometimes relentlessly
> and furiously, at dummies floating around in their boats. Some people,
> who are actually at helm, have NO idea just how important it is to get
> the heck out of the way asap, and that these ships have the right of
> way.
>
> Neil.
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 5:24 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
>> At 05:21 PM 4/19/2013, Jim Felder wrote:
>>> http://www.vincelewis.net/bigengine.html
>
>> through the water at a given speed or punch through the wind.  But
>> acceleration is derisory, and stopping and turning distances are
>> given in miles.  The result is extraordinarily cheap shipping in bulk
>> or in container lots - and big consequences in an accident.
>
>
>
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