FYI, >From cruisers (MTOA members) met on the Dismal Swamp Canal. BOLO for these boats and their reckless behavior. Joe Carolyn Ann GH N-37 Incident on the Pongo River Partners in Paradise left Baltimore on October 8th for our leisurely trip down the ICW to Florida and the Bahamas. We have had two minor mechanical issues and several weather issues. If it isn't nice, we don't go. On Tuesday the 19th we were at the north end of the Pongo river where it is quite narrow moving along at 8.5 mph. My wife was driving and talking to a sailboat on the VHF when I heard her scream look out. A 50' Ocean sportfish (Chieftain out of Dover, DE) was on our port side on a plane about 60' away. No radio traffic, just there they were. As soon as he got next to us he slowed down which made his wake even worse. Within seconds a second 50' Ocean sportfish (Mad Hunt out of Virginia Beach, VA) did exactly the same thing. We did not have time to turn into or out of their wakes and we rolled to the point where my 84 father-in-law who fortunately was sitting down on the starboard side of the boat lost sight of the boats next to us. I estimate our roll at at least 20-25 degrees. Everything that was not tied down went to the starboard side of the boat and lots of little trinkets and souvenirs were destroyed. A forty pound tool box that was on non-skid and had a steel bar in front of it went airborne over the bar and landed on my wife's laptop computer. $1,200 down the drain in addition to the personal property destroyed. I yelled at them in the most colorful terms I could think of and they never answered or acknowledged. We received reports and photo's of the boats and made a report to the USCG and NC Natural Resources Police. Both agencies told us there is no follow up possible because of jurisdiction issues with law enforcement and the USCG evidently does not do anything other than catalog these incidents. That night one of my children went on line and I was ultimately able to speak to the owner of the second boat. I will not share their comments with the MTOA'ers. Fortunately no one was injured but our trip to Best Buy yesterday cost us the price of a new computer, car rental for a day, two days into a marina and with weather issues closing in, we will stay until Saturday. On a positive note, the folks at Belhaven Waterway Marina have been spectacular. When I spoke with them on the VHF they new who we were and what had happened. They had four or five people out there to help with the lines and told me just get it in our channel and we will get you in. The Enterprise Car Rental in Washington, NC was very gracious and they came 30 miles to pick us up and then drop us off when we were finished. Anyway, if you encounter a 50' Ocean by the name of Chieftain from Dover, DE and/or a 50' Ocean Mad Hunt from Virginia Beach, VA tell then we said hello. Our wakes will cross again sometime. If anyone finds them somewhere tied up for the winter an e-mail would be appreciated. When I spoke with the operator of Mad Hunt he told me he heard all the colorful things I had to say and admonished me for it. He did not ever answer or ask if we were ok. Both boats were operated by rather classless individuals. Attitude is the difference between an ordeal or an ADVENTURE!!!!!

Snip: On Tuesday the 19th we were at the north end of the Pongo river where it is uite narrow moving along at 8.5 mph. My wife was driving and talking to a ailboat on the VHF when I heard her scream look out. A 50' Ocean sportfish Chieftain out of Dover, DE) was on our port side on a plane about 60' away. o radio traffic, just there they were. As soon as he got next to us he slowed own which made his wake even worse. Within seconds a second 50' Ocean portfish (Mad Hunt out of Virginia Beach, VA) did exactly the same thing. Joe, Don't know if this approach has every been followed: If you can get their names, perhaps an email to the major marine insurance companies, stating that you didn't know if they were insured with that company or not, but if they were insured, you were informing them how reckless they operated their boats. Reid Gantt Atlantic 30 Vouivre docked at Sneads Ferry, NC _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.

All, This did not occur to me but to a boat I was moored with on the Dismal Swamp Canal. They posted this on the mtoa site and I think all would benefit from their experience. I had a similar experience 2 years ago in the Rock Pile in the icw Myrtle Beach. Watch your stern for these jerks. Joe Carolyn Ann GH N-37 currently docked in Columbia NC. _____ From: reidgantt@aol.com [mailto:reidgantt@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 8:47 PM To: joseph.pica@gmail.com; trawlers-and-trawlering@lists.samurai.com Subject: Re: T&T: Incident on the Pongo River Snip: On Tuesday the 19th we were at the north end of the Pongo river where it is quite narrow moving along at 8.5 mph. My wife was driving and talking to a sailboat on the VHF when I heard her scream look out. A 50' Ocean sportfish (Chieftain out of Dover, DE) was on our port side on a plane about 60' away. No radio traffic, just there they were. As soon as he got next to us he slowed down which made his wake even worse. Within seconds a second 50' Ocean sportfish (Mad Hunt out of Virginia Beach, VA) did exactly the same thing. Joe, Don't know if this approach has every been followed: If you can get their names, perhaps an email to the major marine insurance companies, stating that you didn't know if they were insured with that company or not, but if they were insured, you were informing them how reckless they operated their boats. Reid Gantt Atlantic 30 Vouivre docked at Sneads Ferry, NC _______________________________________________ http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers-and-trawlering To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change email address, etc) go to: http://lists.samurai.com/mailman/options/trawlers-and-trawlering Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited.