"Roger Long" wrote in message
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Having designed a lot of boats and struggled numerous times to meet
the stability requirements, I have a hard time seeing how that boat
would have been safe with a 50 pound passenger assumption. What were
they thinking?
Roger Long

Hi Roger:

Tour boats should have regular "certified" inspections. This should
eliminate tragedies like what happened on Lake George and also could have
prevented an accident on Georgian Bay, which involved a tour boat..

Here is the accident report for the Canadian tour boat that sank a few
years ago.

As a person involved in Marine design, you may find this interesting
reading.

http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/mari...3/m00c0033.asp

James D. Carter
"The Boat"
Bayfield