I had a somewhat similar situation while motoring over to Marina Cay from Trellis early on the morning of June 3rd. I had entered into the mooring field in front of Marina Cay under idle speed when I spotted a kid - maybe 12 to 14 years old - in a dinghy off to my starboard bow. The kid had his head down concentrating on bailing water while the dinghy was moving erratically in no particular direction. Sure enough, the dinghy starts heading right for my starboard side. Adults in a moored sailboat start yelling "RYAN! RYAN!!, and I start yelling "HEY, HEY" at the top of my lungs. Everyone in the mooring field could hear the yelling - everyone except for the kid who had no clue about the impending disaster because he failed to keep an eye on where his dinghy was pointed. There was no way I could stop the boat before he hit so I gunned the throttle and turned hard to port. The bow narrowly missed the stern of the boat with the adults in it. I turned back to see the kid finally look up, startled about what almost took place. The adults just shrugged their shoulders at me. I was furious!! Stupid kid and stupid adults for allowing their kid to operate a dinghy without some basic rules for ALWAYS watching where you're going. <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/duh.gif" alt="" />