In article , Eppefour
wrote:
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.

Wrong group. This one is for freshwater fishing in the UK.

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

You do realise that in pearly light and calm weather a small white vessel is
almost invisible from the bridge of a large vessel? It sounds as if you
need to check your radar reflectors. The container vessel will have been
relying on proximity alarms for just this contingency.

the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid the ship
by 100
feet.

Good. You might have fired a white flare to alert the other vessel and tried
to raise them on vhf/mf.

Captain John W Eppehimer

But then a qualified skipper will know all this.

Remind me: Where do the shipping lanes run south of New York?

Cheerio,

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