Comments on: Video – Not so bright boaters http://gcaptain.com/video-not-so-bright-boaters/?400 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://gcaptain.com/video-not-so-bright-boaters/?400#comment-1223 John Fri, 17 Aug 2007 02:52:16 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/video-not-so-bright-boaters/#comment-1223 I had one where we sounded the danger signal for about 5 minutes stopping when the sailboat finally crossed our bow. He must have thought silence meant danger because he quickly tacked and tried crossing our bow again! I had one where we sounded the danger signal for about 5 minutes stopping when the sailboat finally crossed our bow. He must have thought silence meant danger because he quickly tacked and tried crossing our bow again!

]]> By: Fred Fry http://gcaptain.com/video-not-so-bright-boaters/?400#comment-1221 Fred Fry Fri, 17 Aug 2007 01:03:38 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/video-not-so-bright-boaters/#comment-1221 I was on a ship coming into Brunswick, GA when a not-so-bright sailor tried to cross our bow. An argument erupted on the bow with the Bosun over who was going to paint the scratches on the bow once we docked. All the while the horn sounded the danger signal and I stared down to watch what happened when steel meets fiberglass. Amazingly, the sailboat just missed disaster sailing down the starboard side just feet from the vessel. I was on a ship coming into Brunswick, GA when a not-so-bright sailor tried to cross our bow. An argument erupted on the bow with the Bosun over who was going to paint the scratches on the bow once we docked. All the while the horn sounded the danger signal and I stared down to watch what happened when steel meets fiberglass.

Amazingly, the sailboat just missed disaster sailing down the starboard side just feet from the vessel.

]]> By: John http://gcaptain.com/video-not-so-bright-boaters/?400#comment-13694 John Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:52:16 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/video-not-so-bright-boaters/#comment-13694 I had one where we sounded the danger signal for about 5 minutes stopping when the sailboat finally crossed our bow. He must have thought silence meant danger because he quickly tacked and tried crossing our bow again! I had one where we sounded the danger signal for about 5 minutes stopping when the sailboat finally crossed our bow. He must have thought silence meant danger because he quickly tacked and tried crossing our bow again!

]]> By: Fred Fry http://gcaptain.com/video-not-so-bright-boaters/?400#comment-13693 Fred Fry Thu, 16 Aug 2007 23:03:38 +0000 http://gcaptain.com/maritime/blog/video-not-so-bright-boaters/#comment-13693 I was on a ship coming into Brunswick, GA when a not-so-bright sailor tried to cross our bow. An argument erupted on the bow with the Bosun over who was going to paint the scratches on the bow once we docked. All the while the horn sounded the danger signal and I stared down to watch what happened when steel meets fiberglass. <br><br>Amazingly, the sailboat just missed disaster sailing down the starboard side just feet from the vessel. I was on a ship coming into Brunswick, GA when a not-so-bright sailor tried to cross our bow. An argument erupted on the bow with the Bosun over who was going to paint the scratches on the bow once we docked. All the while the horn sounded the danger signal and I stared down to watch what happened when steel meets fiberglass.

Amazingly, the sailboat just missed disaster sailing down the starboard side just feet from the vessel.

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