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redeye
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Initially Posted - 02/24/2015 :  13:34:43  Show Profile


my fav comment was the Captain should be restricted to only two 300hp engines...
Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
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islander
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Response Posted - 02/24/2015 :  13:57:24  Show Profile
I like the guy in the white shirt texting his mechanic about how the throttles might be a little touchy with the new engine set up...
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
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Davy J
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Response Posted - 02/24/2015 :  15:37:53  Show Profile
This place is just down the street from me. I've eaten at the Sunset grill a few times. The channel comes in straight from the SW and then makes a hard right turn just a few yards from the beach. He apparently missed the turn......

The sad part is, this moron is going 50+ish miles per hour in the fog. In a channel.

If there had been another boat it would have turned very tragic. Also, if he had been 50-60' to the left, he would have run straight into the restaurant dock. Probably killing everyone on his boat....
Davy J


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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 02/24/2015 :  18:27:11  Show Profile
You think he might have been drinking
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Steve Milby
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Response Posted - 02/24/2015 :  18:44:26  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by panhead1948

You think he might have been drinking
That was my first thought, but I saw a statement by an investigator, and he said alcohol wasn't involved. It must have just been plain stupidity. They said he's being charged with reckless operation. He's a licensed charter skipper, or, at least he is for now.
Steve Milby J/24 "Captiva Wind"
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redeye
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Response Posted - 02/25/2015 :  06:18:17  Show Profile
A sign from above that the skipper should go into the restaurant business.....
Ray in Atlanta, Ga.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 02/25/2015 :  06:26:27  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
"""
My GPS said I was in the channel, and my Radar did not see the kyaks on the beach!
They should have had radar reflectors on them!
I wasn't going to fast when I stopped!

Can I get a take out?
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Paul
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islander
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Response Posted - 02/25/2015 :  06:46:52  Show Profile
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He's a licensed charter skipper

So I guess the people lined up on the left are waiting for their refunds...
Scott-"IMPULSE"87'C25/SR/WK/Din.#5688
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/25/2015 :  08:48:39  Show Profile
Poor kayaks! (It's amazing if no people got the same.)

If alcohol wasn't involved, I'm thinking it's worse! Forget his captain's license--this guy should lose his rights to operate a dinghy with a trolling motor.

Story...
Dave Bristle
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Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
Edited by - Stinkpotter on 02/25/2015 09:00:32
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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 02/25/2015 :  16:15:09  Show Profile
If it was foggy he had no reason to be going that fast.
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 02/25/2015 :  19:37:36  Show Profile
Pesky snowbird Stinkpotters, outta practice musta forgot everything he learnt in his 8 hour safe boating course!
Bruce Ross
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Tomas Kruska
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Response Posted - 02/26/2015 :  02:37:11  Show Profile  Visit Tomas Kruska's Homepage
Imagine a price of just one motor ~$20k times 4 is ~$80k + boat around $50k is ~$130k.

More money you have the more you think the laws of physics does not apply to you (like regular laws)
Dalpol Phobos 21, 2013, Sole Mio, hull #27, current adventures - We sail Phobos 21

PO of Catalina C25, 1978, High Anxiety, hull #701, SR, FK, L-dinette, inboard diesel Volvo Penta MD2010C w/saildrive - more info
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 02/26/2015 :  08:33:29  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Tomas Kruska

Imagine a price of just one motor ~$20k times 4 is ~$80k + boat around $50k is ~$130k...
Trust me--that's a little low.
Dave Bristle
Association "Port Captain" for Mystic/Stonington CT
PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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GaryB
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Response Posted - 02/26/2015 :  17:22:45  Show Profile
quote:
Originally posted by Tomas Kruska

Imagine a price of just one motor ~$20k times 4 is ~$80k + boat around $50k is ~$130k.

More money you have the more you think the laws of physics does not apply to you (like regular laws)

...or laws in general

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GaryB
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panhead1948
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Response Posted - 02/26/2015 :  17:30:34  Show Profile
50K won't even buy a Catalina 275
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Voyager
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Response Posted - 03/01/2015 :  18:16:20  Show Profile
Ray
Do you have the source of the crash photo that I can use for my safe boating class? I'd say that driving your boat full-speed into a restaurant in the fog is a good example of unsafe boating!
Bruce Ross
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Stinkpotter
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Djibouti
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Response Posted - 03/01/2015 :  21:00:56  Show Profile
...for your segment on "Don't put too many motors on your boat"?
Dave Bristle
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PO of 1985 C-25 SR/FK #5032 Passage, USCG "sixpack" (expired),
Now on Eastern 27 $+!nkp*+ Sarge
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 03/02/2015 :  04:34:30  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/accidents/vessel-slides-up-ruskin-shoreline-and-crashes-into-little-harbor/2218816

Paul
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