We were out on Saturday July 2 again at 750 Square. It is about 40 miles 
off of Cape May. A container ship the Evergreen Lines Ever Refine almost ran 
us down. I think sportfishermen should report these instances to the coast 
guard. I am hearing too many of these stories. Even though they can't do 
much about 1 instance , multiple reports will allow them to determine if 
there is a pattern to these instances. Following is my letter describing the 
incident that I am sending to Evergreen and the Coast Guard

RE: Vessel Ever Refine
Dear Sir:
My son and I were fishing on Saturday July 2nd at 73.53.00 38.55.00 
approximately,
when your ship Evergreen Ever Refine almost ran us down.. We were drifting 
with our
lines on the starboard side of the boat. Ever Refine approached us from our 
port side. The
visibility was restricted to about 1.5 miles. At first I thought the ship 
would pass slightly
in front of us, but as it got closer I realized it was going to hit us 
amidships. We started
the engines and accelerated to maximum power. We were able to avoid the ship 
by 100
feet.

I realize that a large ship has a hard time turning and that we are not 
visible to him when he is 0.5 miles away from us. There was 1.5 miles of 
visibility and he should have seen us. Rule 5 of the rules of the road state 
that a proper lookout by sight and all other means available should be 
maintained at all times. If Ever Refine was following rule 5, why did they 
not sound a danger signal ?

Rule 6 states that a vessel shall maintain a safe speed taking into account 
visibility and stopping and turning ability in the prevailing conditions. If 
they were traveling too fast they violated rule 6.

I am unclear how restricted visibility must be to sound fog signals but Ever 
refine was not sounding any. Rule 35 states that fog signals should be used 
in or near any ares of restricted visibility. 1.5 miles was the maximum 
visibility that day. Many nearby areas were restricted to