| Title: | Powerboats |
| Notice: | Introductions 2 /Classifieds 3 / '97 Ski Season 1267 |
| Moderator: | KWLITY::SUTER |
| Created: | Thu May 12 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Jun 04 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1275 |
| Total number of notes: | 18109 |
I was reading the Boston Globe and they had a article about
recreational boaters and how uninformed(stupid) some of
them are. They printed a few anecdotes from various sources
that would be pretty comical if they wern't so dangerous.
The Coast Guard came upon a disabled boat of Essex Mass. at
sundown. They found the occupants had soaked some rags with
gas and were trying to light them with a spark from the
ignition wires on the engine to make a torch.
There must be lots of these that people have heard or have
first hand knowledge of.
DAC
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1095.1 | Some boats run without gas | SUBSYS::CHESTER | Fri Aug 06 1993 13:01 | 20 | |
I will add one.
Heard on the radio last summer in the evening. Wind from the NE about
10knts, 15 to 20knts at Boston light. Incomming tide
Boat calls Higham harbour master
The usual futzing around with what channel to talk
on. The boats asks for tow as he has run out of gas just
outside Hull Gut.
Harbor Master "Where do you keep you boat?"
Boat "Hingham harbor"
Harbor master "Ok I will go out and tow you in"
Boat "Thanks"
20 min pass
Harbor master at Hull Gut "How can I identify your boat?"
Boat "I will shine a flashlight on the sails"
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| 1095.2 | TOOK::SWIST | Jim Swist TAY2-2/C1 DTN 227-3615 | Mon Aug 09 1993 12:27 | 9 | |
Seen at public dock at East Boothbay, ME. A small open boat
arrives having navigated through the complexities and hazards of
the Maine coast with a *Road Map*.
(**For those dumb enough to try this, at least realize that roadmaps
usually show mean *high* water, to keep equally dumb people from taking
4WD vehicles into places they can't get out of at high water).
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