Labor day drunk captain grounds his boat...

weinie · Sep 2, 2014

Was that reporter's name really Annette Arreola?

kito · Sep 2, 2014

Sailing under the influence........I'm guilty

Maine Sail · Sep 2, 2014

Too bad a Norseman 400 is a very, very, very sweet boat.....

kito · Sep 2, 2014

Probably was checking out the babes on the beach through his binok's and not paying attention to how close he was.

Kings Gambit · Sep 2, 2014

Night-time; probably asleep & heading for Marina del Rey! Better than hitting the breakwater at the entrance to the marina!

Kermit · Sep 3, 2014

weinie said:
Was that reporter's name really Annette Arreola?

I wondered the same thing. I guess she'll be keeping us abreast of the situation.

Anonymous 121765 · Sep 3, 2014

Years of experience have taught me 3 things:

1. Never go out on the first 2 daze of Memorial weekend.
2. Never go out on the night of Fourth of July.
3. Never go out on the first 2 daze of Labor Day weekend.

On #1 & 3, on the third day,the drunks are now at home nursing hangovers & boat traffic is light. I did however, watch the video & thought the girls were cute. This alone might cause me to go aground on those other weekends though.

CR

rgarrison@gmail.com · Sep 4, 2014

weinie said:
Was that reporter's name really Annette Arreola?

Yep, she is a local LA reporter

Calif. Ted · Sep 4, 2014

You ought to see our " Meteorologists"

Kermit · Sep 4, 2014

Calif. Ted said:
You ought to see our " Meteorologists"

Do they call her Miss Frontal Systems?

rgarrison@gmail.com · Sep 4, 2014

Calif. Ted said:
You ought to see our " Meteorologists"

the only reason to watch the news....

Anonymous 121765 · Sep 4, 2014

I'm abit let down on this thread.

Jon started with a link for a shithead drunk boater that ran aground. I chimed in with my thoughts pertaining to this.

And then, it turned into who was the hot reporter, WHAT WAS HER NAME ETC. What happened to the original topic, when did we go off? Sometimes threads go off on tangents & dwell on a whole different thought pattern then what the original questioner had posted. I just don't understand this thinking.

Maybe it's just me, but I had hoped this was about the dangers of drinking & grounding, especially on holidays. Maybe this should be better suited in the, "OFF TOPIC" forum, at least the original thought would carry thru.

OH WELL....................

CR

Kings Gambit · Sep 4, 2014

It would probably go better if we knew what actually occurred. It may be that drinking had nothing directly to do with the accident, even if the guy was > 0.08%. People have run aground before w/o being drunk; just asleep, for example. Of course-- the news media wants to play it up b/c it has deluded itself into thinking it's committing an act of public service by raising awareness of something that rarely [if ever] occurs [in this case, a possible sailboat grounding from drunkenness].

mortyd · Sep 4, 2014

the media is in business to sell things like deodorant and laxitives and uninformed sensationalism gets attention. for example, take 'small plane engine faiure.' almost always this means empty tanks or fuel mismanagement by the pilot, but 'engine failure' sounds much sexier. ask yourself how often your far less expensive and much less stricly maintained automobile engine than any airplane engine has 'failed'' while cruising.

justsomeguy · Sep 4, 2014

mortyd said:
the media is in business to sell things like deodorant and laxitives and uninformed sensationalism gets attention. for example, take 'small plane engine faiure.' almost always this means empty tanks or fuel mismanagement by the pilot, but 'engine failure' sounds much sexier. ask yourself how often your far less expensive and much less stricly maintained automobile engine than any airplane engine has 'failed'' while cruising.

Kudos.

Anonymous 121765 · Sep 4, 2014

Guys,

It's not the particulars, but their effects. I have dumb stupid people that die all year long in, "MY GULF". That's right, it's my water for boating, if you want to die, you need my permission first. If not, you're on your own, I'll see you on the 11:00 PM News.

If you looked at other threads where I had posted of needless loss of life, you may have a different take on this. In the past fifteen years, I have saved 10 to 15 people from dying. People both close in & offshore. All have never made the news, as it became a non-issue. Why you may ask?

I had other plans that day, I didn't think about being a savior however, fate being a fickle *****, my day was interrupted yet, people did not die.

So I ask you all, a drunk sailor with passengers onboard, he is TOTALLY responsible, No one else. But, what disappointed me most on this thread, was the attention was directed to who the HOT babe was.

REALLY?..............................Where have we gone, what did we learn in this thread?

I don't mean to sound degrading but, as with our compass and GPS, can we please stay the course?

CR

weinie · Sep 5, 2014

Capn'

People acting like idiots is nothing new.
Just thought the the reporter's name was, well, on the button?