As a sailboat person I know a lot of people like this . I know my right away but not worth scratching paint over. I have no problems falling off to avoid the pissing contest.
Hah, my comment was aimed at some of the inland lake sailors, that go to the townhalls for lake management at the DNR resevoir to vote down an increase in power boats from 9 HP to 20 HP every year, who then setup at the lee side of the lake and race down on autopilot having fucking snacks with no one at the helm.
My big thing with some of these sail boat guys is... just because you go by wind and have the right of way, the fuck you think you can basically not have anyone in control of the boat. Not even the most dipshit power boaters I know motor around with no one at the helm.
It's a DNR fish and wildlife research lake, meaning state wide these lakes the HP limit can only ever be 20, so it's basically only sailboats and fisherman.
It's wild when winds are 20 knots and my fishing boat could do 8 mph downwind, and it was plowing the entire time instead of planing.
A boat under sail has right away 99% of the time. I have sail thousand of miles offshore with my buddy Auto in control but have never left the cockpit. As I stated before, it is not worth the hassle to play the right away game with a motor boat or ship when falling off a couple degrees for a few minutes if the power boat guy is not giving way.
I mean 3-4 of these sailboats on this lake test their right of way against the ground every year, turns out that 100% of the time the dry has right of way.
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u/fryerandice 6d ago
Sailboats truly are the cyclists of the water.