I drive my boat, the same way I drive my car...defensively. It is just so much harder with the boat. We took a ride around the Broads and Rattlesnake yesterday and my biggest fear was that I would not see someone in a kayak or a small skiff.
In answer to OPs question..it is stupid to cross a channel under those circumstances BUT people will act this way either through ignorance or acceptance of more risk than I think reasonable. Getting angry in these circumstances only reduces my ability to monitor for such careless people. It really does not matter whether I think it is dumb or not.
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