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i was waked twice today by a 35ish express (i won't name the brand not to offend anyone...
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we were anchored about 150 yards from shore, in a popular anchorage, with other boats around, and this jerk had to pass twice within 50' of my boat, half on plane, bow sky high throwing a 3' wake, between us and shore. he also had a fender dangling off the side which is usually a telltale sign...
as i watched him plow away southbound on his return pass, i started wondering if he even knew he was heading straight for a sandbar... I mean a big, well known, well charted shoal that you can see a mile way... for south floridians, Im talking about the big shoal at the southwest tip of Key Biscayne... when following the shoreline southbound from KBYC there is no way to cut thru except with a very shallow draft outboard...
i must confess it was really hard to suppress a smile when i noticed the boat suddenly stopping, the people on board looking around and then getting in waist deep water trying to push the boat against the wind. finally, after half an hour, a Vessel Assist boat came and was able to pull them off before the tide fell... lucky for them, there must have been no serious damage as they were able to get underway...
) we were anchored about 150 yards from shore, in a popular anchorage, with other boats around, and this jerk had to pass twice within 50' of my boat, half on plane, bow sky high throwing a 3' wake, between us and shore. he also had a fender dangling off the side which is usually a telltale sign...
as i watched him plow away southbound on his return pass, i started wondering if he even knew he was heading straight for a sandbar... I mean a big, well known, well charted shoal that you can see a mile way... for south floridians, Im talking about the big shoal at the southwest tip of Key Biscayne... when following the shoreline southbound from KBYC there is no way to cut thru except with a very shallow draft outboard...
i must confess it was really hard to suppress a smile when i noticed the boat suddenly stopping, the people on board looking around and then getting in waist deep water trying to push the boat against the wind. finally, after half an hour, a Vessel Assist boat came and was able to pull them off before the tide fell... lucky for them, there must have been no serious damage as they were able to get underway...