Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Give-way by steering to starboard early folks

NH_boater · 07-11-2011, 09:54 PM

I agree completely. I do this and to the novice, turning and picking lines early is not a concept everyone gets naturally. I often see boats navigating straight lines where turning early would:

- Avoid intersections that force reactive decisions (like coming off plane)
- Avoid pushing traffic into more-narrow passages
- Allow folks to cross wakes near perpendicular
- Keep a natural flow to crossing traffic

I can identify an experienced and thoughtful boater from a half-a-bay away by the way they telegraph their intentions in the way they pick their lines and respond to mine.

07-11-2011, 09:54 PM	#3
NH_boater Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 298 Thanks: 14 Thanked 147 Times in 62 Posts	I agree completely. I do this and to the novice, turning and picking lines early is not a concept everyone gets naturally. I often see boats navigating straight lines where turning early would: - Avoid intersections that force reactive decisions (like coming off plane) - Avoid pushing traffic into more-narrow passages - Allow folks to cross wakes near perpendicular - Keep a natural flow to crossing traffic I can identify an experienced and thoughtful boater from a half-a-bay away by the way they telegraph their intentions in the way they pick their lines and respond to mine.