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stoneaxe:
What a dope.
http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-42739941/fishermen-escape-crash-by-split-second

Bean:
Great that they were not injured. And they made a pretty good public service message out of the ordeal. 

southwesterly:
 Never let go of his rod either.

pdxmike:
Figures it's Oregon.   In Portland, our biggest problem is getting hit intentionally by the tourist boat.  Same captain has been suspended twice by Coast Guard, first for running boats over at 2015 Red Bull Flugtag event, then recently when he cut through a crew race and a 14-year-old coxswain managed to get her crew out of the way:


http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2017/11/portland_spirit_didnt_have_rig.html





http://www.koin.com/news/portland-spirit-captain-suspended-for-flugtag-incident/870052926

TallDude:
I almost had that happen to me. I was a 1/2 a mile out in the ocean on a beautiful 'weekend' day. I see this huge yacht turning slowly sort of in my direction. I'm thinking "are those people aiming for me. I could see the path they were on and knew they didn't or couldn't see me. I paddled on a 90 degree angle just to get out of their way. When they got up on me I was waving my paddle in the air. They never saw me, but just missed me by 20 feet or so. It was a good 60' + 3-story luxury yacht. I was screaming at them pissed. As they passed I could see Great Grandpa in his late 80's or 90's was at the helm, seated in a semi-conscious state of mind. The whole family was on the yacht in their blue double breasted jackets and blazers. Just starring at me with this blank look. Seeing it was Great grandpa, probably out for one of his last cruises as captain, I let it go.
Really not much I could do other than be pissed.

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