Thanks Ed! I'll keep track of the ships coming into my area.
Years ago my wife and I were sailing toward Newport in the Trinkka to anchor out off of Fort Adams in the harbor and watch the Newport Folk Festival. Like a dumbbell I was traveling in the center of the large main channel just ghosting along with my radio playing some hot tunes when all of a sudden I heard these loud blasts of a ship's horn.
We turned around and saw this large cruise coming up behind us. It was like looking up at a tall building.
I dropped the outboard down and got it started as quick as I could and did and exit stage right toward shore to get out of his way.
I should have had my VHF on and set for scanning the stations. Needless to say, I no longer travel down the center of large main channels.