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Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas)
By:NPenney
Date: 8/11/1998, 8:05 am
In Response To: Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas) (Mark Kanzler)

Honestly, I believe it varies geographically. Of course I've met some very stupid powerboaters as well. Even an idiotic jet skier or two. Drive my wife nuts when I mention how much I like those things.

My own, and my wifes experiences with sail boaters around here is that they get as far in the safe boating handbook as finding where it says sailboats have right of way... and promptly quit reading. Never learning that they must be under sail, and that commercial working vessels at work have right of way over them, etc etc.

I will certainly agree that by and large sailboaters have better knowledge of wind and currents, but that's inherent with being able to make a sail boat sail. To me thats kinda like commenting about the superior paddling skills of kayakers over sail boaters.

I do see a whole lot of sailboaters out in bad weather apparently believing their boats unsinkable and masts unbreakable. But I've also seen quite a few powerboaters staying out way too late, believing their engines will run infailably and that they can always outrun bad weather.

> Are sailboaters mostly stupid? I wouldn't say it's as common
> as the incompetenet or drunk powerboaters once were. I don't get out
> on the water much anymore, so I don't know firsthand what it's like
> these days.

Messages In This Thread

Stitch and glue kayak almost done
David Semrad -- 7/20/1998, 3:47 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Paul Lund -- 7/20/1998, 4:35 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Nick Schade -- 7/20/1998, 4:01 pm
Re: Paint
Mark Kanzler -- 7/20/1998, 4:15 pm
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
David Semrad -- 7/20/1998, 5:03 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Nick Schade -- 7/20/1998, 3:58 pm
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Paul Lund -- 7/20/1998, 5:29 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
David Semrad -- 7/20/1998, 7:30 am
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
Martin Foil -- 7/20/1998, 1:40 pm
Re: Stitch and glue kayak almost done
David Semrad -- 7/23/1998, 1:26 pm
Re: Hatch Covers
Paul Lund -- 7/20/1998, 9:10 am
Re: Safety colours
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 7/23/1998, 8:42 am
Re: Safety colours
Roger Tulk -- 8/1/1998, 12:51 pm
Re: Safety colours
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 8/4/1998, 9:58 am
Re: Safety colours
Roger Tulk -- 8/4/1998, 8:24 pm
Re: Fireball Sailboats
Mark Kanzler -- 8/5/1998, 10:34 am
Re: Fireball Sailboats
Roger tulk -- 8/5/1998, 5:02 pm
Re: Fireball Sailboats
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 8/6/1998, 8:20 am
Coast hugging kayakers
Roger Tulk -- 8/6/1998, 3:15 pm
Re: Powerboat Rescues
Mark Kanzler -- 8/6/1998, 11:22 am
Re: Powerboat Rescues
John Lange -- 8/6/1998, 11:42 am
Re: Fireball Sailboats
Mark Kanzler -- 8/5/1998, 5:46 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (powerboaters)
Mark Kanzler -- 8/4/1998, 11:39 am
Re: Punks not dead
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 8/11/1998, 9:03 am
Re: Punks not dead
Roger Tulk -- 8/13/1998, 11:44 am
Re: Punks not dead
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 3:19 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas)
NPenney -- 8/10/1998, 11:29 am
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas)
Mark Kanzler -- 8/10/1998, 5:07 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas)
NPenney -- 8/11/1998, 8:05 am
Re: Rules of the road - link
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 8/13/1998, 1:10 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regattas)
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 3:11 pm
Re: Punk in Drublic (Sailing regatas)
Mark Kanzler -- 8/11/1998, 3:03 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
NPenney -- 8/12/1998, 1:18 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
Mark Kanzler -- 8/12/1998, 1:41 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
NPenney -- 8/12/1998, 2:23 pm
Re: Cocky commercial boaters
Mark Kanzler -- 8/13/1998, 2:45 pm
Re: engaged in fishing or restricted in menuevering!
NPenney -- 8/14/1998, 6:45 am
Re: Cocky sail boaters
Roger Tulk -- 8/14/1998, 12:20 am
...and furthermore...
Roger Tulk -- 8/14/1998, 9:26 pm
Re: Right of ways
NPenney -- 8/13/1998, 1:27 pm
Re: Right of ways
Mark Kanzler -- 8/13/1998, 1:59 pm
Re: Rights of way
Roger Tulk -- 8/13/1998, 11:03 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
Mark Kanzler -- 8/13/1998, 1:18 pm
Re: Cocky sail boaters
Drew Lebauer -- 8/12/1998, 1:48 pm
Re: Safety colours
Mark Kanzler -- 7/23/1998, 11:05 am
Re: Cyalume sticks
Mike McCrea -- 7/23/1998, 3:07 pm
Re: Cyalume sticks
Timothy - Toronto, Ontario -- 7/24/1998, 8:48 am
Re: Cyalume sticks
NPenney -- 7/24/1998, 7:25 am
Re: Cyalume sticks
Mike McCrea -- 7/24/1998, 11:15 am
Re: Cyalume sticks
David Walker -- 7/24/1998, 11:13 am
Re: Cyalume stick Rejuvenation.
Mark Kanzler -- 7/24/1998, 5:05 pm
Re: Cyalume sticks
Mark Kanzler -- 7/23/1998, 4:15 pm
Re: Hatch Covers
Mark Bodnar -- 7/20/1998, 10:43 pm
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 7/22/1998, 4:23 pm
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Mark Kanzler -- 7/22/1998, 5:46 pm
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
NPenney -- 7/23/1998, 8:42 am
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Mark Kanzler -- 7/23/1998, 10:39 am
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
NPenney -- 7/24/1998, 6:53 am
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Mark Kanzler -- 7/24/1998, 5:10 pm
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
NPenney -- 7/27/1998, 11:29 am
Re: Hatch Covers - water pooling....
Mark Kanzler -- 7/24/1998, 5:34 pm
Re: Hatch Covers
Paul Lund -- 7/22/1998, 5:31 am
Re: peaked deck Hatch Covers
Steve Bradbury -- 7/22/1998, 6:44 am
Re: Hold down for hatch
Tor-Henrik Furmyr -- 7/22/1998, 4:36 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 12:22 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
David Walker -- 7/20/1998, 5:26 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/20/1998, 5:43 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
jim champoux -- 7/21/1998, 11:27 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 1:37 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
paul lund -- 7/20/1998, 7:03 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Bram van der Sluys -- 7/20/1998, 11:29 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/21/1998, 10:49 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
npenney@erols.com -- 7/22/1998, 7:43 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/23/1998, 10:23 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
NPenney -- 7/24/1998, 7:21 am
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Mark Kanzler -- 7/24/1998, 5:40 pm
Re: Choosing colors for safety
Adrian J. Gordon -- 7/24/1998, 2:05 pm