dangerous RIB drivers?

Originally posted by Charlie All I know is that they weren't really giving way to juniors racing that had right of way, and lots of shouting was heard, so i don't think i was gonna have much luck in a power boat. Just did what i always do for rescue boating try and give everything with a sail room, and just remembering i had no power to accelerate out of the way. Normally it's ok, it's just this one rib that has as much power as an asthmatic ant.

All I can say is that they were being very arrogant and should have planned better. Particualrily as they know you in your power boat can do a maximum of eight knots. Not much chance of getting out of the way with that limtation.

All I know is that they weren't really giving way to juniors racing that had right of way, and lots of shouting was heard, so i don't think i was gonna have much luck in a power boat.

Just did what i always do for rescue boating try and give everything with a sail room, and just remembering i had no power to accelerate out of the way. Normally it's ok, it's just this one rib that has as much power as an asthmatic ant.

Its written in the chichester harbour rules Power gives way apart from assys tho!

and yeah on the subject of 25hp engines, I was doing safety cover at my club for the junior week, and got dumped with the weedy rib which had a poxy small engine at the back, which isn't a problem on a lake/resevoir but is when you're doing chichester harbour.

And so i was following the junior's just as they were coming back from the windward mark, which happened to be crossing the Hayling Island regatta, so i was trying to drive this boat through a whole bunch of fast assymetric's following some 420's all the time trying to avoid boats which were going faster than me! not fun at all.

Edited by les5269