Right-of-way Problem

[Silex]

I’m sure this photo would qualify for a “Stupid Human Trick” but have no information about the accident. A friend from Belgium sent this photo to me and he has no information either. If anyone out there knows what happened, I would kike to read the account.<br /><br /> http://home.velocitus.net/atlatlist/003.jpg

 

[DustyJacket]

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The boat is a Missouri registration.<br />From the era of the boats, possibly Lake of the Ozarks.

 

[Twidget]

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That is a unique way to store the tender.

 

[Triton II]

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Ouch! Nasty looking prang... could easily happen over here with huge numbers of new boaties coming in and the prevailing "we know better" attitude of our increasingly affluent society. Nearly "worn" a jet ski or two over the last few months when they haven't given way to the right or simply play chicken with you. Richard Heads!

 

[Ross J]

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It looks to this Kiwi like the big boat was in far too much current and fair slammed into that poor wee craft sideways. <br />Ross

 

[Winger Ed.]

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Originally posted by Ross J:<br /> It looks to this Kiwi

I was looking at a Globe the other day. It seems you folks down there are upside down. It beats the heck out of me why yawl don't just fall off the planet, so it's understandable how you'd see things a little differently.

 

[Bass Man Bruce]

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Why it's just a little dinghy for gettin back and forth to shore. Very handy!

 

[jtexas]

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Looks like the smaller boat has the word "Canadian" written on it - that might explain it. <br /><br />

 

[crazy charlie]

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Wasnt someone looking for a boat with a side swim platform about a month ago???Charlie

 

[Seamus]

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I'm pretty sure the 'tender' has the word 'Cavalier' on it. Ayuh, pretty much says it all, don't it?

 

[Seamus]

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The best part is that these guys seem to be trying to 'fix' the situation while still on the water. I thinking the guy with his foot on the bow of the 'Cavalier' is its owner. I imagine him saying the the owner of the sedan, "OK, well just give me a second here and I'll be on my way in a jiffy, sorry for the inconvenience, old chap. Thanks, yeah, if you could just hold up that roof there, OK, thanks."

 

[Seamus]

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Hey, I found a little info on that picture. It is posted on the naval safety center web page:<br /><br />May, 1967 -- A 16-foot runabout pierced through the mid hull section of a 30-foot cabin cruiser in a collision on a lake in Missouri. One passenger in the cabin cruiser was killed, and eight were injured. Each boat carried five persons. The reported probable cause of this recreational accident was excessive speed and poor visibility. <br /><br /> http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/photo/archive/photo10.htm <br /><br />This is a great web page which could be titled - how not to be a bonehead.

 

[Boomyal]

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Amazing how level the cabin cruiser is sitting and that is even afloat.

 

[silenscurator]

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I don't seem to be able to retrieve the photo, could someone repost?

 

[Silex]

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Image has been reloaded.

 

[silenscurator]

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Now that i've seen the picture, i can safely say...Damn! It had better have been dark and no lights cause someone would have to be damn blind not to see that...I mean, was there anyone driving the boat that is now parked inside t'other one? Even if it was a question of right of way...you can be right...and you can be DEAD right...Oh well, i guess the world needs every kind of person...including the idiots...