On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:37:31 -0400, "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom
wrote:

I case that I followed a few years ago went something like this: A guy was in his new
boat and left the marina restaurant at night. Wife was sleeping down below. Man drives
into breakwater at speed; the wife is badly injured hitting her head on a bulkhead.. They
sue the dealer for selling a boat and not warning him that its dangerous. They sue the
manufacturer for not having seatbelts on the bunks. The wife's case was thrown out; I
don't know about the other.

Some guy ran over his wife after she fell off the boat and is suing Mercury
because the propeller didn't have a guard on it.

http://www.rbbi.com/invent/guard/pro...02/supreme.htm

S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

They are not AC racing in that picture.

Cheers MC

Donal wrote:
"The Cappys Master" Cappy kneels wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:55:09 +0100, "Donal"
wrote:


I've got a pic of Setanta passing Team GBR Challenge!

http://www.gbrchallenge.com/uploaded...ges/Img106.jpg



Look, no furling headsail!


Very good, Oz. Did you notice anything else?

Regards


Donal
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And, to give the CG credit, they do stop boats that are
allowing it.

"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
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Roughly 5% of fatalities are caused from standing & sitting on the bow,
transom and rail.
I expect very few, if any, are on sailboats, but its what they are trained
to look for. I
shudder when I see kids hanging off the bow of a fast powerboat.



"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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Some dickwad sheriff motorboater tried (actually did) give
a friend of mine a ticket for allowing someone to ride on the
bow. They were coming into dock, the sheriff told him
to get off the bow, and mine friend told the guy at the bow
to stay there and finish what he was doing. The judge threw
it out.

"Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:24:48 +1200, The_navigator©

wrote:

Isn't bow riding illegal where you are?


I'm sure she wasn't "bow riding." She was, er, checking the forestay.


S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

There was a woman who made a campaign of the "exposed prop" issue. She lost her son when
he was swimming off his rented houseboat on Lake Powell and someone started the engine.
She has tried to get a federal law passed where all rented and chartered boats have prop
guards.

Actually, being struck by a prop is a major cause of death - not mutually exclusive with
falling off the bow. Almost all involve smaller boats under 25 feet.



"Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:37:31 -0400, "Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom
wrote:

I case that I followed a few years ago went something like this: A guy was in his new
boat and left the marina restaurant at night. Wife was sleeping down below. Man
drives
into breakwater at speed; the wife is badly injured hitting her head on a bulkhead..
They
sue the dealer for selling a boat and not warning him that its dangerous. They sue the
manufacturer for not having seatbelts on the bunks. The wife's case was thrown out; I
don't know about the other.

Some guy ran over his wife after she fell off the boat and is suing Mercury
because the propeller didn't have a guard on it.

http://www.rbbi.com/invent/guard/pro...02/supreme.htm

S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

I got a paper cut once, there should be warnings on those things.

Maybe a guard, too.

Scotty

"Jeff Morris" jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom wrote in message
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There was a woman who made a campaign of the "exposed prop" issue. She
lost her son when
he was swimming off his rented houseboat on Lake Powell and someone
started the engine.
She has tried to get a federal law passed where all rented and chartered
boats have prop
guards.

Actually, being struck by a prop is a major cause of death - not mutually
exclusive with
falling off the bow. Almost all involve smaller boats under 25 feet.



"Gerard Weatherby" wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 15:37:31 -0400, "Jeff Morris"
jeffmo@NoSpam-sv-lokiDOTcom
wrote:

I case that I followed a few years ago went something like this: A guy
was in his new
boat and left the marina restaurant at night. Wife was sleeping down
below. Man
drives
into breakwater at speed; the wife is badly injured hitting her head on
a bulkhead..
They
sue the dealer for selling a boat and not warning him that its
dangerous. They sue the
manufacturer for not having seatbelts on the bunks. The wife's case
was thrown out; I
don't know about the other.

Some guy ran over his wife after she fell off the boat and is suing
Mercury
because the propeller didn't have a guard on it.

http://www.rbbi.com/invent/guard/pro...02/supreme.htm

S/V Cat's Meow
http://www.catsmeow.org

"The_navigator©" wrote in message
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They are not AC racing in that picture.


Absolutely correct!

Setanta has never entered an America's Cup race!



Regards


Donal
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Cheers MC

Donal wrote:
"The Cappys Master" Cappy kneels wrote in message
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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 16:55:09 +0100, "Donal"
wrote:


I've got a pic of Setanta passing Team GBR Challenge!

http://www.gbrchallenge.com/uploaded...ges/Img106.jpg



Look, no furling headsail!


Very good, Oz. Did you notice anything else?

Regards


Donal
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Donal wrote:

"Donal" wrote in message
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If nobody else will say that they believe your constant stream of lies,
then
I will step forward and express my support for you- tomorrow. Nobody
deserves the total humiliation that you are undergoing at the moment. I
was
hoping that one of the 5000 or so lurkers would step forward and say that
you seemed credible.

Anyway, if nobody else steps forward by tomorrow night, then I will
publicly
state that I believe you. I'd really hate to think that you had no
friends
here in A.s.a!

SOS SOS SOS Heeeellllp!

Could anybody who believes that Bobsprit is *not* a liar Puleeeassse step
forward.... Otherwise *I* am going to have to say that I believe him. I
really do not want to be seen as a liar.


Your self-created problem, Donal, is that in THIS pantomime, the
audience WANTS Tinker Bell to die....

--
Flying Tadpole

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Learn what lies below the waves of cyberspace!
http://www.internetopera.netfirms.com

I forgot about Horvath Secondary Assertion... I'm stupid and have fleas. :-)

"Jonathan Ganz" wrote in message
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What's the Brody Postulate.... I'm right and fat? :-)
The Neal Corollary... my tub is faster than grease, and the cat
likes it in the ass. :-)
The Mooron Theorem .... just give me one more drink and
I'll sober up. :-)

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
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Donal, how long have you been hanging here? Just use the Ganz Gambit ,
put
a
smilie at the end of your post and you can say anything.

Scotty the Dickhead is right. :-)

RB