Re: Another boating tragedy, early in the year...
Im getting a little different impression from what little I have seen/read about this. Please correct me if I got something wrong. Seems like a bunch of kids looking for a good time were on a houseboat that flipped. My question is, how/why were they allowed to even get into a dangerous situation in the first place? If the number of passengers was within the boats limits, and I dont know that it wasnt, the dynamic of what happened changes to a design issue.<br /><br />If there were too many passengers, how were they able to leave the dock? Unless the vessels operator was a seasoned, salty-dog, somewhere someone else has culpability in this. A person unfamiliar with how a boat moves in water should never have been allowed access to that vessel without instruction and monitoring of vessel limits. On the other hand, if it was a privately owned boat taken out by the owner there isnt much to discuss, if the number of passengers was within the vessels limits.<br /><br />Edit: sorry CATransplant, didnt see you post before I posted my. Were thinking along the same lines.
