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Gee Lew you might be right. This is what happened last weekend here. Wake board boat is done for the day and heads into the local campground, coming in at the same time was a smaller boat and the guys in the small boat decide it would be cool to make like a pwc and jump the wakeboard boats wake. Well they got tangled up in the wake and dumped everybody overboard, the boat circled around and ran over one of the guys and get this THE PROP CUTS THE LIFE JACKET OFF HIS BACK, he said he could feel the prop move down his back but it didn't cut him. I'm not sure if it was the wakeboarders or another boat but they rammed the unmanned boat to push it clear of the guys in the water and someone jumped into it and got it under control.

They started the card out with small craft because thats where the casualties are most common but why they totally ignore the #1 killer canoe is what I can't figure out. Isn't the life of a paddler worth as much as a power boater? Until recently most boaters worked their way up to bigger boats and took a boating coarse along the way, now you see people in big boats with no experience at all. Buddy cruises the 1000 islands and tells me he's starting to come across boats running autohelms with no lookouts now. At the same time you have to realize that you don't own a territory around your boat or a comfort zone or my space and as long as the boats you encounter don't endanger you by legally passing close by they have done nothing wrong other than a lack of courtesy, and only you know what you are dragging behind your boat not the other guy so take some responsibility for it. I know this isn't what you want to hear and I'm not saying Lew was wrong because Lew is as I know him from what I've read on this site is pretty level headed, but most sportfishers are probably the least educated boater on the water and when they tell me about how they were offended its usually because they were in the wrong.

I agree 100% with lexx why pay big bucks to write the test on line and get nothing out of it when you can sit in on a coarse and get something out of it for half the money. The best way is to go in a group of friends and family and get it done and have some fun doing it. Better still is to take a basic boating coarse through the winter, most are under $200 and go way beyond what you need for that card and include the card.

Its not a tax grab, and its not a license. Its a piece of paper that states an approved organization has tested and found the holder competent. No money goes to the gov. To think that your going to find a high level of honesty on the internet was sort of comical, he should have posted his E-mail address.

I forgot your rigged for salmon, salmon point is the hot spot in the area right now.

West lake is slow compared to earlier this year. If the wind stays down you might try long point for smallies. Some are doing well on the bay pulling eyes out of the weed beds. Bait shop in Wellingtons good. Glenora Marina Make it roar Rands mobile marine

It might have some kind of a plate in front of the carb that they use to quiet it down a bit, if it does you'll have to take that off.

You've sort of misread the regs a bit c) In vessels of less than 12 metres in length: --a masthead light, 2 miles, --a sidelight, 1 mile, --a sternlight, 2 miles, --a towing light, 2 miles, --a white, red, green or yellow all-round light, 2 miles. THats not the lights you need thats how far or the quality of the light if you display them. You will need the 2 side lights, the clamp on bow light that you said about is actually your 2 red and green side lights. and you will need an all round mast light for the stern. And then you should also carry a flashlight for when the d@^^ lights don't work. Wire your lights with a 3 position switch so that you can display all or just the all round light With the electric motor this would be considered a power boat as its driven by machinery.

Rick's got it right, keep moving the pin back till it starts to porpoise and then move it forward one spot. that will give you a starting place and then adjust for whatever load you carry that day. If your making a beer run you may have to trim in just to get it on plane.

If you got power trim you probably have an indicator. Try popping up on plane all in, if you feel it is riding on its nose try again with it trimmed back a bit, once you find the sweet spot where she pops up even make a mental note of that spot on the indicator. You don't have to go wot to plane. When on plane trim back, what this does is push the stern down changing the angle that the boat hits the planing force of the water and raising the boat out of the water as the boat raises out of the water you will notice the water line move back and with less boat in the water you don't have to move as much water out of the way = less wake =less work for the motor so it will pick up a couple hundred rpm. As you trim further back think of it as moving the pivot point on a teeter totter, sooner or later the weight of the bow will bring it down and the boat will porpuss so you don't want to go that far back. So again you look for the sweet spot where the boat lifts enough to pick up the rpm and sometimes the steering will loosen up a bit. In choppy water if you trim in and lift the stern, again like a teeter totter the bow will drop into the waves and cut some of the chop smoothing the ride a bit but when you plane or run displacement speeds in the big waves(like what you can't see over) trim back to keep the bow up so you don't plunge under them. Once you've had power trim there is no going back. You just have to pick up a little seamanship from experience.

Put your shoes under your knees, makes the fish look bigger.

I remember Dad landing his fish one day and says lets go back to where we got that one. I told him it'll take a while, that is 3 miles from here. Some days you gotta ask are we having fun yet? WE were out of Wellington today from 3 pm to dark, caught a whole lot of nothin.

From the radar it looks like the wind is howling but radar only shows rain and smog not air movement, if you go to the analysis chart there is hardly a breeze in that area and a east wind to the east of the rain, the wind will shift from south east. Forget about the radar and check out the analysis charts if you want to predict the weather.

I don't think either of them was a victim. Speed has nothing to do with it, the sailor is responsible to keep his coarse and speed so as not to screw up any plan the fisherman has in his responsibility to keep clear of the sailer. They have been in sight of each other for around 15 min so there was lots of time to turn but the fisherman chose to go in front of the sailer knowing from the relative bearing that it was going to be close. If the fisherman was not happy with how close the sailor would pass behind he should have sped up a bit or slowed to let the sailor pass in front of him or better still turn toward the sailor when it was 1/2 mile away and passed starboard to starboard.

I don't see where livetofish said it came from the rear but like he did say if the sailor was using him for a waypoint it wouldn't matter what he did to avoid him he would pass close by. Sailor would rather pass close behind with the gap widening than close in front with it closing, when I tell them we'd rather have them in front they generally need an explanation.

In regards to the sailboat picture. What you are looking at is a power boat passing in front of a sailboat. The sailboat is not overtaking it was on the port side making it the stand on vessel responsible to maintain coarse and speed. The power boat was the give way vessel responsible for keeping clear of the sailboat and he did, he cut it a little close but there was no risk of exchanging paint and as he is the only one on the lake that knows what he is dragging he has to be responsible for it. If there was no risk of collision so there was no reason for the sailboat to react keeping in mind that the sailor has no way of knowing what the power boat is dragging behind it. Rule 3 General definitions d The term "vessel engaged in fishing" means any vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls or other fishing apparatus which restrict maneuverability, but does not include a vessel fishing with trolling lines or other fishing apparatus that does not restrict maneuverability. WE are not considered a vessel engaged in fishing. If anyone thinks there is someone at fault it would be on the power boat but I don't think the sailor would consider that a close call and would not be offended.

In regards to the sailboat picture. What you are looking at is a power boat passing in front of a sailboat. The sailboat is not overtaking it was on the port side making it the stand on vessel responsible to maintain coarse and speed. The power boat was the give way vessel responsible for keeping clear of the sailboat and he did, he cut it a little close but there was no risk of exchanging paint and as he is the only one on the lake that knows what he is dragging he has to be responsible for it. If there was no risk of collision so there was no reason for the sailboat to react keeping in mind that the sailor has no way of knowing what the power boat is dragging behind it. Rule 3 General definitions d The term "vessel engaged in fishing" means any vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls or other fishing apparatus which restrict maneuverability, but does not include a vessel fishing with trolling lines or other fishing apparatus that does not restrict maneuverability. WE are not considered a vessel engaged in fishing. If anyone thinks there is someone at fault it would be on the power boat but I don't think the sailor would consider that a close call and would not be offended.

Sailboat approaching from the port side its up to the fishing boat to stay clear.

Live2fish When you use a horn signal you have to use the right one, if you give one blast you have told him you are getting out of his way and turning to starboard. If you give the danger signal -five blasts - everybody that hears it will be watching and hopefully it will embarrass him into changing his ways. If that don't work do the same as you would if it was a PWC call the cops on him, operating a vessel dangerously. "If a sailboat steers up the stern of my boat and keeps coming i have the right of way." No, That is transport Ca. using automotive terms because thats what they're used to. Rule 13 Overtaking---International a Notwithstanding anything contained in the rules of part B sections I and II, Any vessel overtaking any other vessel shall keep out of the way of the vessel being overtaken. Yes the sailboat is supposed to keep clear. Now that sounds like "right of way" but its not because of Rule 17 b that would take that "right" of way away from you. I haven't read all 60 pages but I haven't seen the term "right of way" anywhere in the collision regs they use the terms give way and stand on. Rule 17 b action by stand on vessel When from any cause, the vessel required to keep her course and speed finds herself so close that collision cannot be avoided by the action of the give way vessel alone, she shall take such action as will best aid to avoid collision. Now that sounds like common sense but if I'm in an accident and plan on arguing My right of way in court I might be out of luck and found a % at fault. I think the thought here is they don't want huge freighters going around pigheadedly standing on their right of way, its better to have everybody avoiding everybody.

There is no rule anywhere that states a vessel has a "right of way" the term "right of way " is not anywhere in the collision regs. There is a "stand on" vessel but it stands on till there is a risk of collision and then gives way. Some publications use the term when they try to simplify the regs. but they shouldn't because at some point all vessels are give way vessels, as in my favorite collision reg. simplified states if that %%%^ hole aint going to give way then its up to you.. In the situation where a sailboat approaches from the stern and is overtaking he should give way as any overtaking vessel is the give way vessel, if it fails to do so get on the horn an give five blasts and that should clear him out of there. Trolling lines does not effect the maneuverability of a boat, they don't care if we tangle our lines so make your turns early before its a problem.

Collision regs -- rule 3 General definitions ( The term "power-driven vessel" means any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel adrift would not be under power and would have restricted maneuverability and may not be under command and should be considered a "stand on" vessel and others should stay clear. As soon as the drifting vessel starts a motor it takes on the responsibility of a power vessel and shutting the motor off doesn't relieve it of that responsibility, once a vessel is the "give way" vessel it stays the give way vessel. But you still don't have "right of way"

The friends of East Lake are on the warpath after a pwc tried to run down a swan so there might be a cop on the lake, make sure everything on board is in order.

WE were discussing raising a monument to Lief Erikson, not the viking but the idiot kayaker that burner down a cottage on Main Duck Is. because he didn't have any flares when his group got into trouble crossing LO. Granted it wasn't much of a cottage but when your stuck on the island for a few days it was a castle.

Who has right of way ------ Your all wrong so get your butts to a Canadian Power Squadron basic boating coarse.

Wes Bender I'd have to do some serious head scratchin to figure out how to weave shakes. I've done them a few times, first was when the guy that started the job stepped back through a skylight, after working shakes for a day, I think he jumped.