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Anybody see a big orange ship ??
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:46 pm
by EmergencyExit
Apparently this skipper didn't
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tUoUxzt ... re=related
(I can make it, I can make it..)
Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:21 pm
by turbo1168
It appears he wasn't making any headway, just recovered from a broach perhaps. I guess calling starboard doesn't count as the tanker trumps him with tonnage rights! haha.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 3:25 am
by LeatherneckPA
His spinnaker was just flopping around. I think he realized he was in trouble, tried to turn out of it and only made it worse. Guess he should have stayed his original course. Might have gotten off with nothing worse than scratched paint if it hadn't been for that anchor.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 4:25 am
by hp18carr
My question is... why was a tanker that large doing in such a congested waterway to start with?
Terrence
Wilmington N.C.
Chrysler 26' 1980
Pandora (for now)
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 5:11 am
by sauerleigh
The skipper of the sailboat was just wrong. I wonder if he tries to race trains to a railroad crossing.
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2011 8:59 am
by Capt. Bondo
That guy was lucky he was only dis-masted.
1000 miles later the skipper of the tanker was wondering where that ugly pink sail cloth on his anchor came form
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:54 pm
by sauerleigh
The boat just off the starboard bow is closer than I would want to be.
