Darwin Award Close Call of the Week – Video

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While sailing on San Francisco Bay we had a close encounter with a container ship. The container ship honked at the other sailboat. We had space to turn…but when we tried the container ship blocked our wind. That captain was a hell of a driver! He threaded between our two little sailboats.

I don’t think I need to comment on these boaters but I will say if you’re a boater and sail in an area of heavy ship traffic head over to the Bitterend End blog an soak up some collision avoidance knowledge. You can start here: VTS – Working with large vessels

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2 Responses to Darwin Award Close Call of the Week – Video

  1. avatar gCaptain.com; For Mariners | By Mariners - MyBlogLog says:
    November 21, 2007 at 5:01 pm

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  2. avatar BitterEnd: Darwin Award Nominee over at gCaptain says:
    November 30, 2007 at 4:51 pm

    [...] guy is dangerously close to the container ship in the video above. The gCaptain post is here.YouTube commentary: “While sailing on San Francisco Bay we had a close encounter with a container [...]