Boat sinkng in FL.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061001/ap_on_re_us/missing_boater15 miles off shore in a 17' boat. And what kind of 5 guys in a 17'er to
call it a Pleasure Boat? :>) |
Calif
Oct 2
2006
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| This kind of "accident" amazes me. I remember when I first purchased the Ranger, my brother and me went
out of Saybrook to fish Hackett's Reef - onshore wind, waves in the
two/three foot range, but around along the lee of Cornfield Point, it
was a lot calmer and we could reach the reef no problemo. So we fished the reef for a hour or so when the wind really started up
and the wiser part of me said "bay boat - Long Island Sound - SW Wind
- long fetch - head in and fish the River". As we were heading in, out goes a 17 foot Boston Whaler Sport with
five guys in it, all drunk on their ass, waving their fishing poles in
the air at all the inbound boats calling everybody pansies. They no sooner cleared the Saybrook jetty when wham, up one side, boat
flips, down the other. No PFDs either. We picked up two and another guy in an Aquasport
picked up the other three. I can't remember who towed the boat in. Dumbasses. |
Shortwave
Oct 2
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| Have you ever known someone who got into 4 car accidents in 18 months, and
always blamed the other drivers? I think it's the same type who goes out in
the wrong weather for their particular boat. |
JoeSpareBedroom
Oct 2
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| Heck yeah. If you're drunk enough, anything sounds like fun. |
DSK
Oct 2
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| Major problem with BW's. Especially the smaller, older flatter hulls. The
owners say it is a Whaler, it is unsinkable. As a friend of mine and his 2
buds lucked out and after 3 hours of riding on the bottom of the hull, a
commercial fisherman saw them just at dusk. Boat was finally recovered 7
days and 35 miles south. They flip a lot easier than a lot of boats. |
Calif
Oct 2
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| Not a good analogy. I had a car and seemed like every time I parked or
stopped at a traffic light, it would get hit. 3 times in one year. |
Calif
Oct 2
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| My closest experience is a relative who's totally flaky about virtually
everything. 46 years old and never heard of Windex. That sort of person. :-)
She was at our house one day and her asshole 15 yr old son grabs her breast
& gives her this "what are you gonna do about it" look. She sort of whines
at him "J, that's not appropriate" and they actually debate it for about 15
seconds, at which point, I took 1/2 second to think about what my wife
father would do if our son pulled that stunt, and I jacked the kid up on the
wall. What's this got to do with boating? |
JoeSpareBedroom
Oct 2
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| I think I meant "wife OR father". :-) |
JoeSpareBedroom
Oct 2
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| I'll never forget a time when I was probably 10 years old, we had just
anchored the family sailboat when in comes a guy in a probably 30'
powerboat, drops his anchor and then proceeds to run around in circles
going forward at probably 15 knots trying to set it, wish I remembered
the outcome of that but it amazes me to this day he didn't get it wound
around his prop. |
James
Oct 3
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| My dad knew a doctor - an otherwise very smart guy, who told us he didn't
need charts for the waters on the North side of Montauk because he knew the
area like the back of his hand. Oops. Ripped the bejeezus out of his hull
one day, cruising with the throttle wide open right into some barely
submerged rocks which were clearly marked on the chart. Bye bye boat.
40-something foot Owens. |
JoeSpareBedroom
Oct 3
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| Yeah, but he *knew* those rocks were there. |
DSK
Oct 3
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