I've been avoiding this topic for the past week. Last Sunday, we decided to go to the beach instead of sailing. The reason isn't important, but we were not on the river.
What was on the river was a drunk guy in a motorboat. Turns out the guy falls off his boat and it keeps going. This powerboat kept going around eventually hits a 14 foot sailboat with four souls aboard, killing one woman and dismembering a guy.
This was about a mile south of where we keep out boat. It still bugs me.
We wouldn't have been down that way, for sure. We usually go up river to a swimming hole. I am leery of power boats anyhow but now much more so...
But. And that is what it all about the but. We fight with power boats each and ever trip. They like to come close to us for some reason. Mel has gotten better about it (hasn't flipped off any this year yet).
Time for a bigger boat and less river...
What was on the river was a drunk guy in a motorboat. Turns out the guy falls off his boat and it keeps going. This powerboat kept going around eventually hits a 14 foot sailboat with four souls aboard, killing one woman and dismembering a guy.
This was about a mile south of where we keep out boat. It still bugs me.
We wouldn't have been down that way, for sure. We usually go up river to a swimming hole. I am leery of power boats anyhow but now much more so...
But. And that is what it all about the but. We fight with power boats each and ever trip. They like to come close to us for some reason. Mel has gotten better about it (hasn't flipped off any this year yet).
Time for a bigger boat and less river...
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As someone who grew up with powerboats, I can say that boats passing too close or going too fast is not just isolated to sailboats, it happens to powerboaters as well.
My solution is simple, a new law is passed that is as follows:
"Stupid people shouldn't breed."
Noj nOj noJ