#969715 - 12/12/16 04:34 PM
Re: Ferry boat and recreational boat collide
[Re: Todd]
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Alevin
Registered: 01/29/02
Posts: 19
Loc: Monroe WA
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My father was killed in a boating accident in October 2012 fishing for silvers out of shilshoe 2 riggers down no real course of action for him to take . A very large pleasure boat with speed to match basically ran right over the top of him and his long time fishing partner !! the laws are very tricky to say the least !!!!! to all boaters out there PLEASE keep an eye on your surroundings and the others around you !!!!! RIP !!! My father Don Hatch
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#969721 - 12/12/16 06:29 PM
Re: Ferry boat and recreational boat collide
[Re: Todd]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/05/04
Posts: 2713
Loc: right place/wrong time
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I hold your father and his fishing partner blameless, yet sadly they are gone. Life is oh so precious and very fragile, it can be gone in the blink of an eye.
As far as the situation that the video shows, the skipper of the Yacht shares blame with the skipper of the Ferry boat " Chetzemoka" I have been in situations where I, or people around me were inactive, mentally gathering information and not taking decisive action. I have witnessed these situations and yet I could find myself in a similar situation tomorrow, and hopefully I would take early and decisive action.
Take action early, and if you're wrong and you have wasted some effort then you will be able to consider your action at a later time.
If you take no action?
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#969759 - 12/13/16 12:41 PM
Re: Ferry boat and recreational boat collide
[Re: toobad]
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 03/06/01
Posts: 1195
Loc: Gig Harbor, WA
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I hear what you're saying but seriously, to extrapolate this mistake into regulatory change, and establish no-craft periphery zones for state ferrys, and invest in the resource to enforce them, would be gross overkill. . .just for a guy grinding out an ill-timed deuce. No need to pull any more alarms. fb
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#969762 - 12/13/16 01:55 PM
Re: Ferry boat and recreational boat collide
[Re: Todd]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7430
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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and, as the Captain of the ferry just how do you know (from the video) that is doing a deuce? I must have missed something in the video.
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#969773 - 12/13/16 05:59 PM
Re: Ferry boat and recreational boat collide
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Repeat Spawner
Registered: 03/06/01
Posts: 1195
Loc: Gig Harbor, WA
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I'm sorry, I think you lost me there. . .
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#969776 - 12/13/16 06:27 PM
Re: Ferry boat and recreational boat collide
[Re: Todd]
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River Nutrients
Registered: 11/21/07
Posts: 7430
Loc: Olema,California,Planet Earth
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It sounded like you were saying that the current terror by boat rules and enforcement are sufficient. That guy just showed they aren't.
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#969780 - 12/13/16 07:17 PM
Re: Ferry boat and recreational boat collide
[Re: Todd]
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It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.
Registered: 03/07/99
Posts: 17149
Loc: SE Olympia, WA
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You mean no matter how many laws are put in place, we might not always be safe?
The horror.
"grinding out an ill timed deuce" made me laff.
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