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Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: buda13] #11552808 04/19/16 08:12 PM
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Originally Posted By: buda13
Regardless of boat lanes, when a boat is approaching you this is what you should do...



There are allot of dumb guys out there in boats. I have been driving one since i was 10 years old my grandad was an avid sailor and sailed all over the caribbean. I was taught well and am thankful for it.

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Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: Randy Harrell] #11552813 04/19/16 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted By: Randy Harrell


This. I see a lot of people on fork not give way to people because they are in the boat Lane. They must be thinking that if you are in a marked boat Lane then they have full right of way. I always think about my Navigation lights. They are telling the on coming boat who has the right of way. If you see green, then you maintain course, if you see red, you yield to that boat and steer to the right.

look there in every instance you are going to the right side. Just like running the boat lanes stay on the right side of them if you can.

Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)] #11552818 04/19/16 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted By: Jake Shannon(Skeet4Life)
There are allot of dumb guys out there in boats.


Most aren't dumb. They're too lazy to read and understand all the maritime "rules of the water". That makes them ignorant, not necessarily dumb.


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Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: Fishn_man] #11553022 04/19/16 09:52 PM
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It's simple. I'm a licensed boat captain with the coast guard. Everything is starboard. If you approach another boat head on you go starboard side on your vessel (to the right or drivers side on most bass boats) as does he. If you approach another boat perpendicular you have the right of way if you're coming in on unfit starboard side. If you're intersecting them on their port side then you give up their right away. The reason for this is they may not have a great field of view on their opposite side of the boat as you approach their port side so they retain right of way

So if you're coming head-on at another boat you have two options: you turn starboard of your boat of your boat and your pass each other or you wait for that boat to pass you and then you can turn across the lane and go where you need to go. You can not go in front of that boat since you're already on their port side sounds like the triton had the right of way

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Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: Fishn_man] #11553098 04/19/16 10:52 PM
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Get a go pro to protect your self from people that won't admit its there fault. It seems like a jerk move to go 50+ mph near anyone. If both boats slow down it makes it more predictable to know which way everyone wants to go. Just my view.


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Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: Fishn_man] #11553112 04/19/16 11:00 PM
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In some boat lanes the slower traffic tends to hug the far right side of the lane which allows no room for faster boats to pass to starboard. Narrower lanes can be even more problematic given the fact that as some have mentioned hardly anyone bothers to look back to see what is going on behind them. I will admit that I have passed slower boats in lanes on the port side but not without 1) making sure I have plenty of cushion ahead and behind me in order to make the maneuver safely, and 2) never without getting out of the throttle and swinging wide letting the boat being passed know I'm going around him, signaling them by horn, hand signal or both. Not getting in a hurry and communication with others in your vicinity is key. In 40 years of boat ownership I have never had a close call with overtaking or being overtaken on the water and I consider myself fortunate.

Oncoming boat traffic is a whole different animal and I will avoid it like the plague whenever possible by correcting my coarse as necessary and as soon as possible. I have no problem at all giving someone a wide birth especially if their head isn't on a swivel and they seem to be preoccupied while driving, I never assume anyone is paying attention or wont make a sudden turn in front of me without realizing too late I'm there. The only incident I have ever had with oncoming traffic was when a guy coming at me about 200 yards off my port side decided about 30 seconds too late he needed to cross my line in order to fish a stump field 100 yards off my starboard side. I had to shut it down and no sooner than he crossed me he shut it down too and dropped his TM.


Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: Fishn_man] #11553128 04/19/16 11:10 PM
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I think they need to paint the bouys lime green or bright orange. The white is hard to see with sunglare or when there is a ripple on the water.

Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: crankbait745] #11553144 04/19/16 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted By: crankbait745
I think they need to paint the bouys lime green or bright orange. The white is hard to see with sunglare or when there is a ripple on the water.


I still say remove them , end of problem


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Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: Fishn_man] #11553193 04/19/16 11:43 PM
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Removing the buoys on Fork sounds wonderful. IF you know your way around Fork w/o them. A couple hundred lowers in a w/e would eliminate 1/3 of the metro-regulars. The following w/e would claim another 20, or so. Could be a fun lake to fish a month or so after. Forget about it because it will NEVER happen.

No telling how many lives and $ of equipment have been saved by those buoys. Suffice it to say, MANY.

After years of drought, Fork filled back in Feb? I believe this is the 3rd major release since then, when she hit 403. Buoys on Fork have definitely moved. Some by as much as 20-30 yards. Relocating the buoys on Fork will take the SRA some time and red tape.

In the meantime, I'd suggest either buying a navaid for boat lanes on Fork. Or follow a friend in areas you're unsure of while plotting a trail. Like that S turn up by Bell.



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Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: Fishn_man] #11553290 04/20/16 12:37 AM
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There's an s turn by Bell?? hmmm


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Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: HARD WORKN HAROLD] #11553595 04/20/16 02:32 AM
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Originally Posted By: HARD WORKN HAROLD
There's an s turn by Bell?? hmmm


Not by Bell but north of bell just north of 515 east. I have missed that turn at least 20 times with and without bouys and thank goodness he was looking out and didn't hit anything. Missed it last time earlier this year because there was a bouy that had drifted into timber on a straight line with the last one before the curve and caught myself when I glanced down at gps.

Re: Boating Accident on Fork [Re: fouzman] #11553786 04/20/16 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted By: fouzman
Dunno about a rear view mirror. But I'm constantly amazed how many people make a turn with out checking their six. If you're following someone, never assume they'll look behind them before initiating a turn. I'd say more than 75% of people I encounter on Fork NEVER look behind them while running.


Hell, 75% of people don't look behind themselves EVER! Boating or not.....


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