Welcome to the Oblivious Skipper:
Yesterday afternoon, while working outside, behind the house, my attention was drawn to the 5 blasts from a very close by freighter. I went to watch, as the 195m freighter, the Star Japan, out of Crofton, gave a second group of 5 blasts to a ~40' Meridian proceeded across his bow, while the freighter very obviously was in full reverse, coming to a complete stop. By that time the Oblivious Skipper was still doing 12-14 knots and passed through waters that, had the freighter not taken serious evasive actions, would have been occupied by huge tonnage.
As the OS had the SJ's green, he would argue that he was "Stand on", but that would ignore the very critical size difference and the SJ's constrained ability to manouvre, in a relatively tight navigation channel.
OS then went into Conover Cove, Wallace Island where he anchored and has spent the night.
Wallace Island Marine Park is closed. That closure includes anchoring in Conover Cove.
Here is where AIS would allow identification of the OS.
Futile to ask what other parts of Parks closures and rules of the road the OS fails to grasp.
