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原文传递 On the Water

题名：	On the Water
正文语种：	eng
作者：	JOEL MILTON
摘要：	The education that recreational boaters can receive when communicating with merchant mariners over the VHF-FM radio sometimes goes beyond the simple need to stand a reasonably attentive radio watch, which is one element of a proper navigation watch. The better understanding that rec boaters have of what is going on around them the more likely it is they will not inadvertently and unnecessarily put themselves in harm's way. Doing this not only jeopardizes them but everyone else. If the opportunity is there to help recreational boaters it should be taken advantage of. An area that still needs significant improvement encompasses vessels that have no need (because of their small size and shallow draft) of navigating in a channel but choose to do so anyway. Why does this happen so frequently? Sometimes boaters have an overblown sense of self-importance or entitlement and know just enough of the navigation rules to try to justify their actions. You can usually tell if that's the case when you get them on the radio. But I believe that most boaters simply don't recognize the dangers. They are unfamiliar with the waters they're navigating, or their navigation and collision-avoidance skills are generally shaky, so they cling to the channel markers out of anxiety and fear. How many times have I had to exit the extensively marked channel while towing a loaded tank barge on Delaware Bay to get past a yacht or sailboat with far less draft that was in the channel? Too many. If I've got the room and the depth for it, then they certainly do and then some.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	Work Boat
卷：	80
期：	1
页码：	8-8