[BigRed56]

Ahoy JEFryar, Big Red 56 the pirate here, hey some of me best friends and all my dock mates at the marina are commercial fishermen and they are a great bunch of scoundrels. Your apology is not necessary and I hand it back to your heart. I was once approching a sailboat under power and sail and though I was on the starboard tack and under sail alone , as I was in an 11 foot Moth and his 26 footer was on course to make a mark I luffed up and let the other vessel pass just before he started making his avoidence maneuver, as I crossed his stern the other captain remarked that I indeed did have the right away . I replied that the rules don''t always apply and there are times when the higher standard of human kindness and tact had led me to my decision. The way I see it we all share the water. Your inherent right to work the water in turn gives you my right of way and a wide berth at all times. See you on the Horizon. Big Red 56 the Pirate of Pine Island.