Technology can only help you so far...
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Texting while boating?
Before the crash ? ? ?
In operation ? ? ?
Improper tie down ? ? ?
Storm ? ? ?
In operation ? ? ?
Improper tie down ? ? ?
Storm ? ? ?
bigwheelzip
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Nighttime Birthday Party.
South Florida Sun Sentinel
The 42-foot motorboat that violently rammed into a jetty this week, injuring its four occupants, was so new that it hadn’t yet been registered, state wildlife officials say.
Daniel Towriss, the CEO of an insurance company with $37 billion in assets, was the owner of the 42-foot Hydra-Sports Custom boat, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
A new model of a 42-foot Hydrasport Custom boat can retail for close to three-quarters of a million dollars, according to Boattrader.com. It is unclear where or when Towriss bought the boat, but under state law, owners have up to 30 days to register new boats with their local tax collector’s office. A state wildlife commission report shows that the documentation for the boat’s registration was pending.
One of the other boat occupants, Lauren Silagy, was celebrating her birthday during the late-night outing: She had just turned 33 years old when the boat crashed early Tuesday. In addition to Towriss, 47, and Silagy, the other people aboard were Jarret Silagy, 39, and Cassidy Rudman, 25, the state wildlife commission said.
Ivan the Butcher
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OFT II
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"Hold my beer and watch this, girls."
Apparently Tesla now makes boats.
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bigwheelzip
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That information isn't being released yet.
All aboard are from Indiana, though the owner and his wife Heather, who wasn't aboard, have a Ft. Lauderdale waterfront mansion.
SC_Mike
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A triumph of money over experience and common sense.
With four big 300hp Outboards that boat should have flown over anything in its path.
At the opposite end of the jetty.
It's a....
...Florida Man!
...Florida Man!
Dr from near Anacortes, Washington where I used to go to Alaska to commercial fish from and later worked in the nearby refineries, buys a new 45' twin engine yacht, complete with bells and whistles. including auto pilot and course plotter. He sits at home and using his computer, plots his course all the way up to Southeast Alaska. Then him and the wife load up the boat with diesel, groceries and supplies, untie the boat and leave the harbor, engage auto pilot tied to course plotter. A couple hours later, Wham hits shoal that didn't show up unless you were zoomed in on chart. Damages props, shafts, rudders etc. Towed back to port and to dry dock for repairs. At sea vacation shot for the year. Waits till next year and smart guy does basically the same thing.
I spent a lot of time at sea in boats from a56' seiner to a 110' crabber and even with chart plotters, radar, depth finders, proximity alarms etc, somebody was always in the wheelhouse, except when you were in the middle of nowhere, a ways from anything, going 10 knots where you might go to the head or maybe the galley to get a snack and go back. Even an watch alarm system. You had to hit a button evert so often or a light would start flashing then shortly there after a horn would go off waking everyone on board. Even on anchor in the bearing sea when it was storming and you were anchored up behind an island someone was in the wheel house on watch.
I hurt for the crew and family of the Scandies Rose.
A crabbers quote "Your not buying crab, your buying men's lives"
I spent a lot of time at sea in boats from a56' seiner to a 110' crabber and even with chart plotters, radar, depth finders, proximity alarms etc, somebody was always in the wheelhouse, except when you were in the middle of nowhere, a ways from anything, going 10 knots where you might go to the head or maybe the galley to get a snack and go back. Even an watch alarm system. You had to hit a button evert so often or a light would start flashing then shortly there after a horn would go off waking everyone on board. Even on anchor in the bearing sea when it was storming and you were anchored up behind an island someone was in the wheel house on watch.
I hurt for the crew and family of the Scandies Rose.
A crabbers quote "Your not buying crab, your buying men's lives"
Another way of looking at it.
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"As part of its investigation, the FWC will check whether anyone on the boat had taken boater safety courses. The state of Florida does not require recreational boat owners to have a license before operating a motorboat. The state requires only those born after 1988 to take a boater safety course."
Interesting. I wonder what the logic was behind only requiring younger people to have nautical training.
Interesting. I wonder what the logic was behind only requiring younger people to have nautical training.
Buddy sent this to me this AM. Picture speaks 1000 words.
Great parking job, a little rough on the gel coat.
Looks like they will need the Marine version of Highway Thru Hell to get the boat off.gregintenn
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I am going out on a limb and guess alcohol was involved in the parking of this vessel.
