close encounter with a ship

[Eppefour]

We were out on Saturday July 2 again at 750 Square. It is about 40 miles
off of Cape May. A container ship the Evergreen Lines Ever Refine almost ran
us down. I think sportfishermen should report these instances to the coast
guard. I am hearing too many of these stories. Even though they can't do
much about 1 instance , multiple reports will allow them to determine if
there is a pattern to these instances. Following is my letter describing the
incident that I am sending to Evergreen and the Coast Guard

RE: Vessel Ever Refine
Dear Sir:
My son and I were fishing on Saturday July 2nd at 73.53.00 38.55.00
approximately,
when your ship Evergreen Ever Refine almost ran us down.. We were drifting
with our
lines on the starboard side of the boat. Ever Refine approached us from our
port side. The
visibility was restricted to about 1.5 miles. At first I thought the ship
would pass slightly
in front of us, but as it got closer I realized it was going to hit us
amidships. We started
the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid the ship
by 100
feet.

I realize that a large ship has a hard time turning and that we are not
visible to him when he is 0.5 miles away from us. There was 1.5 miles of
visibility and he should have seen us. Rule 5 of the rules of the road state
that a proper lookout by sight and all other means available should be
maintained at all times. If Ever Refine was following rule 5, why did they
not sound a danger signal ?

Rule 6 states that a vessel shall maintain a safe speed taking into account
visibility and stopping and turning ability in the prevailing conditions. If
they were traveling too fast they violated rule 6.

I am unclear how restricted visibility must be to sound fog signals but Ever
refine was not sounding any. Rule 35 states that fog signals should be used
in or near any ares of restricted visibility. 1.5 miles was the maximum
visibility that day. Many nearby areas were restricted to ¼ mile of less.

I am sending a copy of this letter to the US Coast Guard Group, Cape May,
NJ. I also am going to make sport fishermen in this area aware of the
incident and encourage them to report all such encounters to the Coast Guard
to build a case history. I also am going to publicize the incident on the
internet to make all aware of your disregard for human life and safety. You
should inform your captains that even though you are a big company with big
ships, you do not own the ocean.

Sincerely


Captain John W Eppehimer

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[Bill McKee]

Were you in the ship channel? The VTS?

"Eppefour" > wrote in message
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> We were out on Saturday July 2 again at 750 Square. It is about 40 miles
> off of Cape May. A container ship the Evergreen Lines Ever Refine almost
> ran us down. I think sportfishermen should report these instances to the
> coast guard. I am hearing too many of these stories. Even though they
> can't do much about 1 instance , multiple reports will allow them to
> determine if there is a pattern to these instances. Following is my letter
> describing the incident that I am sending to Evergreen and the Coast Guard
>
> RE: Vessel Ever Refine
> Dear Sir:
> My son and I were fishing on Saturday July 2nd at 73.53.00 38.55.00
> approximately,
> when your ship Evergreen Ever Refine almost ran us down.. We were drifting
> with our
> lines on the starboard side of the boat. Ever Refine approached us from
> our port side. The
> visibility was restricted to about 1.5 miles. At first I thought the ship
> would pass slightly
> in front of us, but as it got closer I realized it was going to hit us
> amidships. We started
> the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid the
> ship by 100
> feet.
>
> I realize that a large ship has a hard time turning and that we are not
> visible to him when he is 0.5 miles away from us. There was 1.5 miles of
> visibility and he should have seen us. Rule 5 of the rules of the road
> state that a proper lookout by sight and all other means available should
> be maintained at all times. If Ever Refine was following rule 5, why did
> they not sound a danger signal ?
>
> Rule 6 states that a vessel shall maintain a safe speed taking into
> account visibility and stopping and turning ability in the prevailing
> conditions. If they were traveling too fast they violated rule 6.
>
> I am unclear how restricted visibility must be to sound fog signals but
> Ever refine was not sounding any. Rule 35 states that fog signals should
> be used in or near any ares of restricted visibility. 1.5 miles was the
> maximum visibility that day. Many nearby areas were restricted to ¼ mile
> of less.
>
> I am sending a copy of this letter to the US Coast Guard Group, Cape May,
> NJ. I also am going to make sport fishermen in this area aware of the
> incident and encourage them to report all such encounters to the Coast
> Guard to build a case history. I also am going to publicize the incident
> on the internet to make all aware of your disregard for human life and
> safety. You should inform your captains that even though you are a big
> company with big ships, you do not own the ocean.
>
> Sincerely
>
>
> Captain John W Eppehimer
>
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[Eppefour]

no we were 38 miles offshore in the open ocean

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"Bill McKee" > wrote in message
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> Were you in the ship channel? The VTS?
>
> "Eppefour" > wrote in message
> ...
>> We were out on Saturday July 2 again at 750 Square. It is about 40 miles
>> off of Cape May. A container ship the Evergreen Lines Ever Refine almost
>> ran us down. I think sportfishermen should report these instances to the
>> coast guard. I am hearing too many of these stories. Even though they
>> can't do much about 1 instance , multiple reports will allow them to
>> determine if there is a pattern to these instances. Following is my
>> letter describing the incident that I am sending to Evergreen and the
>> Coast Guard
>>
>> RE: Vessel Ever Refine
>> Dear Sir:
>> My son and I were fishing on Saturday July 2nd at 73.53.00 38.55.00
>> approximately,
>> when your ship Evergreen Ever Refine almost ran us down.. We were
>> drifting with our
>> lines on the starboard side of the boat. Ever Refine approached us from
>> our port side. The
>> visibility was restricted to about 1.5 miles. At first I thought the ship
>> would pass slightly
>> in front of us, but as it got closer I realized it was going to hit us
>> amidships. We started
>> the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid the
>> ship by 100
>> feet.
>>
>> I realize that a large ship has a hard time turning and that we are not
>> visible to him when he is 0.5 miles away from us. There was 1.5 miles of
>> visibility and he should have seen us. Rule 5 of the rules of the road
>> state that a proper lookout by sight and all other means available should
>> be maintained at all times. If Ever Refine was following rule 5, why did
>> they not sound a danger signal ?
>>
>> Rule 6 states that a vessel shall maintain a safe speed taking into
>> account visibility and stopping and turning ability in the prevailing
>> conditions. If they were traveling too fast they violated rule 6.
>>
>> I am unclear how restricted visibility must be to sound fog signals but
>> Ever refine was not sounding any. Rule 35 states that fog signals should
>> be used in or near any ares of restricted visibility. 1.5 miles was the
>> maximum visibility that day. Many nearby areas were restricted to ¼ mile
>> of less.
>>
>> I am sending a copy of this letter to the US Coast Guard Group, Cape May,
>> NJ. I also am going to make sport fishermen in this area aware of the
>> incident and encourage them to report all such encounters to the Coast
>> Guard to build a case history. I also am going to publicize the incident
>> on the internet to make all aware of your disregard for human life and
>> safety. You should inform your captains that even though you are a big
>> company with big ships, you do not own the ocean.
>>
>> Sincerely
>>
>>
>> Captain John W Eppehimer
>>
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[Bill McKee]

Do you have charts. They could very well be in the designated ship movement
area. Called a separation zone.

"Eppefour" > wrote in message
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> no we were 38 miles offshore in the open ocean
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>> Were you in the ship channel? The VTS?
>>
>> "Eppefour" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> We were out on Saturday July 2 again at 750 Square. It is about 40 miles
>>> off of Cape May. A container ship the Evergreen Lines Ever Refine almost
>>> ran us down. I think sportfishermen should report these instances to the
>>> coast guard. I am hearing too many of these stories. Even though they
>>> can't do much about 1 instance , multiple reports will allow them to
>>> determine if there is a pattern to these instances. Following is my
>>> letter describing the incident that I am sending to Evergreen and the
>>> Coast Guard
>>>
>>> RE: Vessel Ever Refine
>>> Dear Sir:
>>> My son and I were fishing on Saturday July 2nd at 73.53.00 38.55.00
>>> approximately,
>>> when your ship Evergreen Ever Refine almost ran us down.. We were
>>> drifting with our
>>> lines on the starboard side of the boat. Ever Refine approached us from
>>> our port side. The
>>> visibility was restricted to about 1.5 miles. At first I thought the
>>> ship would pass slightly
>>> in front of us, but as it got closer I realized it was going to hit us
>>> amidships. We started
>>> the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid the
>>> ship by 100
>>> feet.
>>>
>>> I realize that a large ship has a hard time turning and that we are not
>>> visible to him when he is 0.5 miles away from us. There was 1.5 miles of
>>> visibility and he should have seen us. Rule 5 of the rules of the road
>>> state that a proper lookout by sight and all other means available
>>> should be maintained at all times. If Ever Refine was following rule 5,
>>> why did they not sound a danger signal ?
>>>
>>> Rule 6 states that a vessel shall maintain a safe speed taking into
>>> account visibility and stopping and turning ability in the prevailing
>>> conditions. If they were traveling too fast they violated rule 6.
>>>
>>> I am unclear how restricted visibility must be to sound fog signals but
>>> Ever refine was not sounding any. Rule 35 states that fog signals should
>>> be used in or near any ares of restricted visibility. 1.5 miles was the
>>> maximum visibility that day. Many nearby areas were restricted to ¼ mile
>>> of less.
>>>
>>> I am sending a copy of this letter to the US Coast Guard Group, Cape
>>> May, NJ. I also am going to make sport fishermen in this area aware of
>>> the incident and encourage them to report all such encounters to the
>>> Coast Guard to build a case history. I also am going to publicize the
>>> incident on the internet to make all aware of your disregard for human
>>> life and safety. You should inform your captains that even though you
>>> are a big company with big ships, you do not own the ocean.
>>>
>>> Sincerely
>>>
>>>
>>> Captain John W Eppehimer
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
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[Eppefour]

No the separation zone is well south of us.

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"Bill McKee" > wrote in message
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> Do you have charts. They could very well be in the designated ship
> movement area. Called a separation zone.
>
> "Eppefour" > wrote in message
> ...
>> no we were 38 miles offshore in the open ocean
>>
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>> "Bill McKee" > wrote in message
>> hlink.net...
>>> Were you in the ship channel? The VTS?
>>>
>>> "Eppefour" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> We were out on Saturday July 2 again at 750 Square. It is about 40
>>>> miles off of Cape May. A container ship the Evergreen Lines Ever Refine
>>>> almost ran us down. I think sportfishermen should report these
>>>> instances to the coast guard. I am hearing too many of these stories.
>>>> Even though they can't do much about 1 instance , multiple reports will
>>>> allow them to determine if there is a pattern to these instances.
>>>> Following is my letter describing the incident that I am sending to
>>>> Evergreen and the Coast Guard
>>>>
>>>> RE: Vessel Ever Refine
>>>> Dear Sir:
>>>> My son and I were fishing on Saturday July 2nd at 73.53.00 38.55.00
>>>> approximately,
>>>> when your ship Evergreen Ever Refine almost ran us down.. We were
>>>> drifting with our
>>>> lines on the starboard side of the boat. Ever Refine approached us from
>>>> our port side. The
>>>> visibility was restricted to about 1.5 miles. At first I thought the
>>>> ship would pass slightly
>>>> in front of us, but as it got closer I realized it was going to hit us
>>>> amidships. We started
>>>> the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid the
>>>> ship by 100
>>>> feet.
>>>>
>>>> I realize that a large ship has a hard time turning and that we are not
>>>> visible to him when he is 0.5 miles away from us. There was 1.5 miles
>>>> of visibility and he should have seen us. Rule 5 of the rules of the
>>>> road state that a proper lookout by sight and all other means available
>>>> should be maintained at all times. If Ever Refine was following rule 5,
>>>> why did they not sound a danger signal ?
>>>>
>>>> Rule 6 states that a vessel shall maintain a safe speed taking into
>>>> account visibility and stopping and turning ability in the prevailing
>>>> conditions. If they were traveling too fast they violated rule 6.
>>>>
>>>> I am unclear how restricted visibility must be to sound fog signals but
>>>> Ever refine was not sounding any. Rule 35 states that fog signals
>>>> should be used in or near any ares of restricted visibility. 1.5 miles
>>>> was the maximum visibility that day. Many nearby areas were restricted
>>>> to ¼ mile of less.
>>>>
>>>> I am sending a copy of this letter to the US Coast Guard Group, Cape
>>>> May, NJ. I also am going to make sport fishermen in this area aware of
>>>> the incident and encourage them to report all such encounters to the
>>>> Coast Guard to build a case history. I also am going to publicize the
>>>> incident on the internet to make all aware of your disregard for human
>>>> life and safety. You should inform your captains that even though you
>>>> are a big company with big ships, you do not own the ocean.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Captain John W Eppehimer
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>>
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[LD]

Kind of a tough call. It seems like you had the "right of way" considering
your location and the ship should have at least contacted you on 16 but he
might could argue that he couldn't manuver well enough to avoid you. See
this link. http://www.boatingbasicsonline.com/course/boating/6_2_b.php
LD

"Eppefour" > wrote in message
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> No the separation zone is well south of us.
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> > Do you have charts. They could very well be in the designated ship
> > movement area. Called a separation zone.
> >
> > "Eppefour" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> no we were 38 miles offshore in the open ocean
> >>
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> >>> Were you in the ship channel? The VTS?
> >>>
> >>> "Eppefour" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> We were out on Saturday July 2 again at 750 Square. It is about 40
> >>>> miles off of Cape May. A container ship the Evergreen Lines Ever
Refine
> >>>> almost ran us down. I think sportfishermen should report these
> >>>> instances to the coast guard. I am hearing too many of these stories.
> >>>> Even though they can't do much about 1 instance , multiple reports
will
> >>>> allow them to determine if there is a pattern to these instances.
> >>>> Following is my letter describing the incident that I am sending to
> >>>> Evergreen and the Coast Guard
> >>>>
> >>>> RE: Vessel Ever Refine
> >>>> Dear Sir:
> >>>> My son and I were fishing on Saturday July 2nd at 73.53.00 38.55.00
> >>>> approximately,
> >>>> when your ship Evergreen Ever Refine almost ran us down.. We were
> >>>> drifting with our
> >>>> lines on the starboard side of the boat. Ever Refine approached us
from
> >>>> our port side. The
> >>>> visibility was restricted to about 1.5 miles. At first I thought the
> >>>> ship would pass slightly
> >>>> in front of us, but as it got closer I realized it was going to hit
us
> >>>> amidships. We started
> >>>> the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid
the
> >>>> ship by 100
> >>>> feet.
> >>>>
> >>>> I realize that a large ship has a hard time turning and that we are
not
> >>>> visible to him when he is 0.5 miles away from us. There was 1.5 miles
> >>>> of visibility and he should have seen us. Rule 5 of the rules of the
> >>>> road state that a proper lookout by sight and all other means
available
> >>>> should be maintained at all times. If Ever Refine was following rule
5,
> >>>> why did they not sound a danger signal ?
> >>>>
> >>>> Rule 6 states that a vessel shall maintain a safe speed taking into
> >>>> account visibility and stopping and turning ability in the prevailing
> >>>> conditions. If they were traveling too fast they violated rule 6.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am unclear how restricted visibility must be to sound fog signals
but
> >>>> Ever refine was not sounding any. Rule 35 states that fog signals
> >>>> should be used in or near any ares of restricted visibility. 1.5
miles
> >>>> was the maximum visibility that day. Many nearby areas were
restricted
> >>>> to ¼ mile of less.
> >>>>
> >>>> I am sending a copy of this letter to the US Coast Guard Group, Cape
> >>>> May, NJ. I also am going to make sport fishermen in this area aware
of
> >>>> the incident and encourage them to report all such encounters to the
> >>>> Coast Guard to build a case history. I also am going to publicize the
> >>>> incident on the internet to make all aware of your disregard for
human
> >>>> life and safety. You should inform your captains that even though you
> >>>> are a big company with big ships, you do not own the ocean.
> >>>>
> >>>> Sincerely
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Captain John W Eppehimer
> >>>>
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> >
>
>

[Lou W]

To sit there and wait and see if the larger, LESS MANUVERABLE VESSEL, is
going to avoid you is just plain stupid. Who gives a sh!t if you were
fishing. The
fact is that you should have taken action long before you did. Rules of the
road be damned....use some common sense.

"Eppefour" > wrote in message
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>> Were you in the ship channel? The VTS?
>>
>> "Eppefour" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> We were out on Saturday July 2 again at 750 Square. It is about 40 miles
>>> off of Cape May. A container ship the Evergreen Lines Ever Refine almost
>>> ran us down. I think sportfishermen should report these instances to the
>>> coast guard. I am hearing too many of these stories. Even though they
>>> can't do much about 1 instance , multiple reports will allow them to
>>> determine if there is a pattern to these instances. Following is my
>>> letter describing the incident that I am sending to Evergreen and the
>>> Coast Guard
>>>
>>> RE: Vessel Ever Refine
>>> Dear Sir:
>>> My son and I were fishing on Saturday July 2nd at 73.53.00 38.55.00
>>> approximately,
>>> when your ship Evergreen Ever Refine almost ran us down.. We were
>>> drifting with our
>>> lines on the starboard side of the boat. Ever Refine approached us from
>>> our port side. The
>>> visibility was restricted to about 1.5 miles. At first I thought the
>>> ship would pass slightly
>>> in front of us, but as it got closer I realized it was going to hit us
>>> amidships. We started
>>> the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid the
>>> ship by 100
>>> feet.
>>>
>>> I realize that a large ship has a hard time turning and that we are not
>>> visible to him when he is 0.5 miles away from us. There was 1.5 miles of
>>> visibility and he should have seen us. Rule 5 of the rules of the road
>>> state that a proper lookout by sight and all other means available
>>> should be maintained at all times. If Ever Refine was following rule 5,
>>> why did they not sound a danger signal ?
>>>
>>> Rule 6 states that a vessel shall maintain a safe speed taking into
>>> account visibility and stopping and turning ability in the prevailing
>>> conditions. If they were traveling too fast they violated rule 6.
>>>
>>> I am unclear how restricted visibility must be to sound fog signals but
>>> Ever refine was not sounding any. Rule 35 states that fog signals should
>>> be used in or near any ares of restricted visibility. 1.5 miles was the
>>> maximum visibility that day. Many nearby areas were restricted to ¼ mile
>>> of less.
>>>
>>> I am sending a copy of this letter to the US Coast Guard Group, Cape
>>> May, NJ. I also am going to make sport fishermen in this area aware of
>>> the incident and encourage them to report all such encounters to the
>>> Coast Guard to build a case history. I also am going to publicize the
>>> incident on the internet to make all aware of your disregard for human
>>> life and safety. You should inform your captains that even though you
>>> are a big company with big ships, you do not own the ocean.
>>>
>>> Sincerely
>>>
>>>
>>> Captain John W Eppehimer
>>>
>>> --
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[Eppefour]

you had to take some time to evaluate the ships movement. At the distance we
spotted him- 1.5 miles , moving the wrong direction would have been
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"Lou W" > wrote in message
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> To sit there and wait and see if the larger, LESS MANUVERABLE VESSEL, is
> going to avoid you is just plain stupid. Who gives a sh!t if you were
> fishing. The
> fact is that you should have taken action long before you did. Rules of
> the road be damned....use some common sense.
>
> "Eppefour" > wrote in message
> ...
>> no we were 38 miles offshore in the open ocean
>>
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>>> Were you in the ship channel? The VTS?
>>>
>>> "Eppefour" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> We were out on Saturday July 2 again at 750 Square. It is about 40
>>>> miles off of Cape May. A container ship the Evergreen Lines Ever Refine
>>>> almost ran us down. I think sportfishermen should report these
>>>> instances to the coast guard. I am hearing too many of these stories.
>>>> Even though they can't do much about 1 instance , multiple reports will
>>>> allow them to determine if there is a pattern to these instances.
>>>> Following is my letter describing the incident that I am sending to
>>>> Evergreen and the Coast Guard
>>>>
>>>> RE: Vessel Ever Refine
>>>> Dear Sir:
>>>> My son and I were fishing on Saturday July 2nd at 73.53.00 38.55.00
>>>> approximately,
>>>> when your ship Evergreen Ever Refine almost ran us down.. We were
>>>> drifting with our
>>>> lines on the starboard side of the boat. Ever Refine approached us from
>>>> our port side. The
>>>> visibility was restricted to about 1.5 miles. At first I thought the
>>>> ship would pass slightly
>>>> in front of us, but as it got closer I realized it was going to hit us
>>>> amidships. We started
>>>> the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid the
>>>> ship by 100
>>>> feet.
>>>>
>>>> I realize that a large ship has a hard time turning and that we are not
>>>> visible to him when he is 0.5 miles away from us. There was 1.5 miles
>>>> of visibility and he should have seen us. Rule 5 of the rules of the
>>>> road state that a proper lookout by sight and all other means available
>>>> should be maintained at all times. If Ever Refine was following rule 5,
>>>> why did they not sound a danger signal ?
>>>>
>>>> Rule 6 states that a vessel shall maintain a safe speed taking into
>>>> account visibility and stopping and turning ability in the prevailing
>>>> conditions. If they were traveling too fast they violated rule 6.
>>>>
>>>> I am unclear how restricted visibility must be to sound fog signals but
>>>> Ever refine was not sounding any. Rule 35 states that fog signals
>>>> should be used in or near any ares of restricted visibility. 1.5 miles
>>>> was the maximum visibility that day. Many nearby areas were restricted
>>>> to ¼ mile of less.
>>>>
>>>> I am sending a copy of this letter to the US Coast Guard Group, Cape
>>>> May, NJ. I also am going to make sport fishermen in this area aware of
>>>> the incident and encourage them to report all such encounters to the
>>>> Coast Guard to build a case history. I also am going to publicize the
>>>> incident on the internet to make all aware of your disregard for human
>>>> life and safety. You should inform your captains that even though you
>>>> are a big company with big ships, you do not own the ocean.
>>>>
>>>> Sincerely
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Captain John W Eppehimer
>>>>
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