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Originally Posted by scottyt
i have seen a few that do this if they think you might drop anchor where your swing maybe to close. i have seen more who do this if they think you might drop anchor in the same zip code.
screw em, assume they have 3-5 to 1 scope, and you will have 7 to 1 , just make sure you are far enough away
if you do have to get close come up from behind, and either cross the stern, looking for a stern anchor or come along side from astern. that gives you the best ablity to turn away even if they swing suddenly |
Scottyt, thank you for the response.
In both of the cases above I was not getting ready to anchor, I was simply responding to boats that were trying to talk to me by getting close enough to have a conversation without having to yell to each other. My intention in both cases was very obviously (to them, I would assume) not to anchor, but just to chat, I wasn't doing any anchoring type moves, just standing in the cockpit with a "What do you want with me .." look on my face as I tried to answer them.
Edit - maybe they really weren't more experienced than me, I only assumed that because they had such big boats, but I guess novices can have big boats too.