GL: USCG Auxilliary boat hits/sinks speedboat

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

My guess is that unless gummint denial/stonewalling
becomes involved, that a jury would probably assign the
reatest part of total guilt to the USCGAux crew/P.O.C. is
that they/he  ould be presumed to have a FAR GREATER
knowledge and skill level than Joe Sixpacks in the outboard
runabout!

** D C "Mac" Macdonald **
* m/v Another Adventure *
** '95 Carver 355 ACMY **
* Grand Lake - Oklahoma *
** USPS & AGLCA (#217) **
* K2GKK -- USAF/retired *


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> Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 10:35:03 -0400
> From: bobkunath at gmail.com
> To: great-loop at lists.samurai.com
> Subject: Re: GL: USCG Auxilliary boat hits/sinks speedboat
>
> Fascinating clip, shows some real stupidity. Who's at fault?
> I guess the legal answer probably is both
> -Small boat was the "stand-on" vessel (he can see the green port light
> on th CG Aux vessel).
> -CG Aux was the "give-way" vessel.
> -BUT - Stand-on vessel may change course to avoid collision (Rule 17
> Colregs), and the small boat's operator says he never saw the CG
> vessel, meaning he "failed to maintain adequate watch (Rule 5)."
>
> Aside from all that, when and where did this happen?
> -McKinley Marina is mentioned. I can find no other McKinley other than
> Milwaukee's using Google search.
> -Celebration Tour Boat - I can find none using Google. Is this the
> boat that used to sail from Racine? I have never seen it in Racine,
> so it has not been there since at least 1991. There used to be (and may
> still be) a dinner cruise boat in Molwauke that looked somehing like
> the one in the video.
> -Hard to see in the video, but the runaboout looks very old, the engine
> has the square profile of one of the Chryslers from decades ago.
> -The registration sticker on the small boat may be Wisconsin.
> -The sunglasses on the witnesses look like the 1980's styles.
>
> Does anyone remember this accident?
> --
> Bob Kunath
> bobkunath at gmail.com
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