Submarine versus sailboat

Salty Longshanks · 10-04-07, 04:56 AM

:hmm: You be the judge

http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2007...-sailboat.html

Jimbuna · 10-04-07, 05:32 AM

No contest....I'd feel a lot safer on the sub

Letum · 10-04-07, 05:56 AM

They should have nuked the sailing boat before it even got close.

but the navy has it's hands tied because that 'wouldn't be PC'.

Politicians should keep out of Navy business and them nuke stuff more.

For all we know there could have been a Muslim on that sail boat ffs!

Jimbuna · 10-04-07, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Letum

They should have nuked the sailing boat before it even got close.

but the navy has it's hands tied because that 'wouldn't be PC'.

Politicians should keep out of Navy business and them nuke stuff more.

For all we know there could have been a Muslim on that sail boat ffs!

LMAO :rotfl:

Penelope_Grey · 10-04-07, 10:36 AM

So not real...

Etienne · 10-04-07, 11:01 AM

I don't have any problem believing it. At all.

Pleasure boaters are, quite often, dumb. Or entirely unaware of the colregs, which is essentially the same. (You wouldn't drive a car if you didn't know the rules of the road, would you?)

That guy probably went "Rule 18! Good visibillity, I'm under sail, he's power driven, STAND ON, BABY! WOO!" Never mind the NTM that say to stay clear of surfaced subs, or, you know, good seamanship and ****. A lot of sailboat people think that everybody should stay clear of sailboats... Including in the Detroit river, for exemple. I won't even start into why that's stupid.

But I don't have ANY problem believing it. Of course, in a court of law, the blame would probably rest with the submarine, (Unless they were in a narrow channel or fairway) but in a practical, day to day thing, the sailboat was extremely stupid.

It's big and it's steel. You're small and fiberglass. Keep away.

10-04-07, 04:56 AM	#1
Salty Longshanks Mate Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maine, USA Posts: 55 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Submarine versus sailboat :hmm: You be the judge http://bubbleheads.blogspot.com/2007...-sailboat.html

10-04-07, 05:32 AM	#2
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	No contest....I'd feel a lot safer on the sub __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

10-04-07, 05:56 AM	#3
Letum Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: York - UK Posts: 6,079 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	They should have nuked the sailing boat before it even got close. but the navy has it's hands tied because that 'wouldn't be PC'. Politicians should keep out of Navy business and them nuke stuff more. For all we know there could have been a Muslim on that sail boat ffs! __________________

10-04-07, 10:36 AM	#5
Penelope_Grey Sea Lord Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,893 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So not real... __________________ I SURVIVED THE FIRST EVER SUBSIM WEREWOLF HUNT - and... I actually won the game for the humans too!

10-04-07, 11:01 AM	#6
Etienne Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 695 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I don't have any problem believing it. At all. Pleasure boaters are, quite often, dumb. Or entirely unaware of the colregs, which is essentially the same. (You wouldn't drive a car if you didn't know the rules of the road, would you?) That guy probably went "Rule 18! Good visibillity, I'm under sail, he's power driven, STAND ON, BABY! WOO!" Never mind the NTM that say to stay clear of surfaced subs, or, you know, good seamanship and ****. A lot of sailboat people think that everybody should stay clear of sailboats... Including in the Detroit river, for exemple. I won't even start into why that's stupid. But I don't have ANY problem believing it. Of course, in a court of law, the blame would probably rest with the submarine, (Unless they were in a narrow channel or fairway) but in a practical, day to day thing, the sailboat was extremely stupid. It's big and it's steel. You're small and fiberglass. Keep away.