New Bedford Fast Ferry
These guys are going to kill someone....and very shortly. I have seen 4-5 instances now online where people have made comments about their actions.
I had a instance with them several weeks ago fishing in WH in between Broadway and the Strait channels....I'm at the SB buoy and just on the edge of the Strait channel, I'm watching the guy come flying into WH at about 50, I'm keeping very cautious eyes on him, there was a small skiff on the other side of broadway and I figured he's going into the broadway channel like everyone else does thru there....all the while i'm drifting I never take my eyes off him. He comes up to the split, I have my motor started and waiting to see what he's going to do...he sounds his horn one quick blast....maritime rules say one short blast is PORT TO PORT...I move over further to the right...into the strait channel more....he keeps coming...sounds his horn one short blast again....AGAIN I say ok port to port.....he's still got time to turn into Broadway....I sit still as the drift should have me well out of his way.....he sounds again one short horn...I say screw this and wot across to the other side of the channel....meanwhile the guy slows his engines to almost stop and gives me a nasty look. I just about flipped him off on the spot I was so mad.
A COMMERCIAL captain should know several things here.....one is that a short horn blast announces your intention to pass port to port....and your speed needs to be reasonable and proper for the circumstances you're in.....you just don't go 50 mph into WH, ESPECIALLY when there are small skiffs etc around such as that day....although this guy doesn't throw a large wake, he's still responsible for his wake and could EASILY cause someone to be killed in there.
And #3 this guy shouldn't have been inside WH to begin with....I've already been told that they're SUPPOSED to be transitting Quicks Hole instead.....so WHY are they there....
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