hurray bass! and hurray coast guard!

[beachwalker]

Originally Posted by Saltheart

Glad everyone is safely home .

At some point you must have felt unsafe or you wouldn't have called them. Not a good situation to put yourself and your guests into.

I've seen some really risky stuff out there. I once came upon a guy and two women , probably all late 40's to early 50's in age , on a sunfish in the middle of long Island sound between Guilford and Matituck(from this area its about 10 miles either way to CT or NY) in the ofg. They had a little 1 horse outboard and had run out of gas. I offered a tow , they said no. I offered to bring his passengers in for him and he could follow me. he said no. He just wanted gas. He seemed really annoyed that I persisted in recommending he take my help. I gave him gas but will never forget what a stupid bastard he was refusing the help. I never heard anything on the news so i assume he made it home.

Another time I was anchored in the Salt Pond at Block Island when I heard a May Day call. That's getting serious. I looked up the coordinates and couldn't figure out what was wrong cause apparently this guy was right next to me in the pond calling a May day. Next thing you know the anchorage area I was in is swarming with coast guard and Harbor master boats. The guy was at anchor in the poind and called a May Day (yep , a full blown May day) because his anchor started dragging!!! They read him the riot act!!!

Anyway I never called the Coast Guard or a Sea Tow in the 23 years I had the boat but if you feel a need , make the call , don't take chances if you are uncomfortable out there. I'd sooner face 12 foot seas than dense fog (faced both many times) so if you were uncomfortable , it was a good idea to call. Getting people home safely is more important than anything else. You may want to follow up with other experienced boaters or the Power squadron or even the Coast guard and see what you can learn to avoid the situation next time.

I agree with you Saltheart and I am sorry I was such an a$$

Saltheart you are a good moderator (and person). Always a very tactful way of explaining things. I lack it and have and will learn to be a little more patient.
At least I'll try.
but in reality, some people just don't get.
BJS, if the owner didn't have a VHF and you thought he did, then I apologize for my harsh critique. I would have read him the riot act once I understood that. I am an a$$hole you see...

Rock I ain't no yuppie.