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Amazon has a very helpful book which is highly recommended for all of us, especially those racing in the Hobie 16 & 20 North Americans in San Francisco Bay next month. It's called How To Avoid Huge Ships.

Obviously the men in this photo read it before participating in last year's Division 3 regatta in the same venue. Just be certain you order the 2nd Edition since the first edition has a critical miscalculation, an error corrected in the 2nd Edition.

Its 180$ for 112 pages. Very expensive!

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ALLEY CAT 1984 RED LINE HOBIE 18 MAGNUM
Sail # 10505 or 277

for most people common sense is free. for others, they just dont have enough money to buy it!

Wow. . . I didn't notice the price drop from December price of $999.

+1

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Marc...
1978 Hobie 16 Keoke, sail# 36 84

Thanks for the link. Do you think it comes with some kind of certificate of completion.Be kool to frame and hang on the inside of my boat.

The first five or six comments on the book at Amazon are pretty funny. I'm still trying to figure out this offer at Amazon, though:

Sound like a great deal...

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Wave
FX-1
Do you want me to tell you for the 1,000,001 time! The Wave...

I went head to head with the USS Enterprise which resulted in a lot of horn blowing. I did have the Right of Way I was in a sailboat plus I had the starboard tack.
The US Navy wanted to make a big deal of it
Former Hobie Admiral Gary

Starboard tack?> Sailboat vs. Navy ship? really? lol

You know that starboard tack doesn't apply there... A Navy ship or freighters have right of way in most every situation - it's called the 'Tonnage rule' (You might read up on it)

Lucky to be alive I'd say...

anyone in a small sailboat that think they have ROW over 'Heavy Metal' is kidding themselves... dead kidding. large vessels have rights since they have limited maneuverability, espcially if they are navigating in a marked channel.

we have a lot of experience with this in a heavily trafficed area of Raritan Bay in NJ. over the last 10 years I have seen a pleasure boat RUN OVER by a fuel barge being pushed by a tug, because they were fishing IN THE CHANNEL (this after the vessel sounded the 5 blast warning). we have had the Coast Guard RESTRICT the areas we can hold races in because of damn arrogant acts by some racers, like sailing under the bow of a 400' long tanker (who is steaming at 15 knots) because they didn't want to give up the tack they were on.

you don't need a book to tell you the smartest tactic is to stay away from large ships, period.

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Chris
'88 H18SE Arís

I hope you're kidding here. As mentioned above, you were without a doubt in the wrong, Admiral. Contrary to what many sailors think, travelling under wind power does not unquestionably entitle you to right of way. The purpose of the right of way rules is to give prescedence to the less manuverable vessle. In this case, it was most certainly the ship. Large ships in narrow channels definitely have ROW, and of course, the law of gross tonnage always applies. I'd also imagine that interfering with a US Navy ship is a good way to get locked up.

From my own experience, I find that in most cases, it's better to assume that the other vessle won't yield whether burdoned to do so or not. Unless I'm in a close race, I'd rather just slow down and or change course slightly. Avoid collisions at all costs, give all vessles a wide berth, and sail with much less stress. That's what it's all about afterall.

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Good one, Gary. You netted three with your crack. That's much better than me, since I didn't get any.

You may want to check out the video of how tonnage wins in the Hobie Forum:
Tonnage wins... even on a race course!

http://www.hobiecat.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=37510

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Tim
82' H16
Sail # 88863
Panama City Beach, FL

It wasn't April 1st - so I thought I'd respond... I wouldn't have any way of knowing if someone is joking or telling the truth - either way, probably not something we should joke about, as someone could really be injured or killed if they didn't know the rules. (and in this case the laws of physics)

Point taken.