Re: [Paddlewise] Crossings in Fog

>IMHO people who zoom in zero visibility are much more likely to
>die from hitting another powerboat, sailboat, or structure
>than they are to every hit/kill a kayaker/canoeist.  Personally,
>I tend to think natural selection will eliminate them long
>before they do me any harm.

In hundreds of miles of sailing in fog - my experience is that natural 
selection may take high speed fog travelers - but with victims.  In a 28' 
sailing vessel in fog (with radar & GPS) we have had several close calls 
from high speed (approx 30 knots) power vessels.  These experiences are 
off Cape Cod & coastal Maine.  We may see them on radar well in advance, 
and call them on VHF.  They often don't respond.   At the noise level in 
those vessels, they will never hear an airhorn until too late.   The only 
useful advice I can offer a fellow kayaker is to avoid areas where these 
power vessels are likely to be.   

I have unfortunately observed the following from power vessel skippers; 
that there is an inverse relationship between engine horsepower & IQ.

Keith
  
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