On Fri, 3 Feb 2006 13:50:00 -0500, "RCE" wrote:

when traveling the ICW and
trying to properly pass a blow-boater who, after 10 minutes, continues to
ignore your radio calls and horn signals and continues to putt-putt down the
middle of the channel. Then, I wake the hell out of him.

Yep, what else to do?

And there are other guys who don't have the foggiest idea of what a
"slow pass" is all about or how it should be executed.

We find ourselves constantly waving motoryachts and sportfish by us
because they feel obligated to slow down. In reality we've got the
stabilizers on and would rather they'd go by quicker, and with a
flatter wake.