Good for him. The guy thought he'd get away with it?After the collision he chased down the boat and herded the fisherman back to the scene of the crime.
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The Admiral and I making about 4.5 knots upwind on Matagorda Bay. 1978 Sunbird 16' that was my first "real" sailboat. I bought the boat in 1981. But when this picture was taken in 2004, I had upgraded GirlFriend 3.0 to Wife 2.0 about a year before. She is still afraid to get into the water as there are things in the water that "CAN EAT YOU!"
Always makes me wonder if radar deters or increases the risk of collisions in poor visibility.May 4th 2017 8:24AM. A Thursday morning. Fog. Visibility 100-150 yards.
The fishing boat in the foreground had just hit my boat.
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He came out of the fog doing 25 plus mph. The sailboat in the background is Leslie Troyer’s Mahalo.
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After the collision he chased down the boat and herded the fisherman back to the scene of the crime.
It's a known and studied phenomenon that feelings of security such that safety equipment, like seatbelts, helmets, etc., provide, increase reckless behavior. Thinking you can see with radar in the fog makes a captain feel safe traveling at clear day speeds.Always makes me wonder if radar deters or increases the risk of collisions in poor visibility.
Does that count as distracted driving?appeared to be racing erratically around following his FISHFINDER screen.
Same thing happened to my Dad and I. We were in an open motorboat, steering by compass in a heavy fog, leaving Buttermilk Bay and entering the Cape Cod Canal. A 25' fishing boat came out of the fog on our starboard beam and crossed the channel in front of us. He was on plane in 3' of water, and headed into the shallows on our port side. Just past the shallows was the berth of the Kennedy, the training ship for the Mass Maritime Academy. We waited to hear the crash, but then broke out of the fog into the clear, and there was the fishing boat, bobbing in the water alongside the ship. Darn.He came out of the fog doing 25 plus mph