Unaware !
 

U.S. Coast Guard | November 29, 2006
Jacksonville, FL. - The Coast Guard has removed a man found on a barge
this morning whose sailing vessel collided with a tug and barge today
at about 5a.m.

Russell Joseph Bolton, 51, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was sailing off
the coast of St. Augustine, Fla., when his 33-foot sailing vessel
collided with a 115-foot barge being towed by the 70-foot Ybor City.
Bolton was able to jump on to the barge before being thrown in the
water.

The crew of the American-flagged Ybor City was unaware that the sailing
vessel collided with their barge and spotted Bolton this morning at
about 10 a.m. The crew of Ybor City thought that Bolton may have been a
stowaway and called Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector
Jacksonville.

The rescue coordinators sent a boarding team to from Coast Guard
Station Mayport, Fla., along with a Customs and Border Protection
officer to board the barge. The Coast Guard boarding team handcuffed
Bolton until they could determine he was not a threat to their safety.


After the joint Coast Guard and CBP boarding team verified his identity
and nationality, Bolton was taken back to Sector Jacksonville on a
rescue boat from Station Mayport.

Bolton was not injured in the collision, and there was no one else
aboard the sail boat with Bolton during the collision.

Bolton lived aboard his sailing vessel and will be taken to an American
Red Cross Shelter by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.

Unaware !
 

"Joe" wrote
U.S. Coast Guard | November 29, 2006
Jacksonville, FL. - The Coast Guard has removed a man found on a barge
this morning whose sailing vessel collided with a tug and barge today
at about 5a.m.

Russell Joseph Bolton, 51, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was sailing off
the coast of St. Augustine, Fla., when his 33-foot sailing vessel
collided with a 115-foot barge being towed by the 70-foot Ybor City.
Bolton was able to jump on to the barge before being thrown in the
water.

The crew of the American-flagged Ybor City was unaware that the sailing
vessel collided with their barge and spotted Bolton this morning at
about 10 a.m. The crew of Ybor City thought that Bolton may have been a
stowaway and called Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector
Jacksonville.

The rescue coordinators sent a boarding team to from Coast Guard
Station Mayport, Fla., along with a Customs and Border Protection
officer to board the barge. The Coast Guard boarding team handcuffed
Bolton until they could determine he was not a threat to their safety.


*******s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They should've arrested the captain of the tow boat. He violated the
Colregs. He should've kept clear of the sailboat.
Did you notice how it was reported. Biased like snot in favor of the
motor boat. It said the sailboat collided with the barge. Duh! It was the other
way around 10 to 1!!!! I bet the tow/barge wasn't showing RAM lights/shapes.
That's why you gotta know your rights. People and the reporters will
make you look guilty even when your innocent.

Cheers,
Ellen

Unaware !
 

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
"Joe" wrote
U.S. Coast Guard | November 29, 2006
Jacksonville, FL. - The Coast Guard has removed a man found on a barge
this morning whose sailing vessel collided with a tug and barge today
at about 5a.m.

Russell Joseph Bolton, 51, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was sailing off
the coast of St. Augustine, Fla., when his 33-foot sailing vessel
collided with a 115-foot barge being towed by the 70-foot Ybor City.
Bolton was able to jump on to the barge before being thrown in the
water.

The crew of the American-flagged Ybor City was unaware that the sailing
vessel collided with their barge and spotted Bolton this morning at
about 10 a.m. The crew of Ybor City thought that Bolton may have been a
stowaway and called Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector
Jacksonville.

The rescue coordinators sent a boarding team to from Coast Guard
Station Mayport, Fla., along with a Customs and Border Protection
officer to board the barge. The Coast Guard boarding team handcuffed
Bolton until they could determine he was not a threat to their safety.


*******s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They should've arrested the captain of the tow boat. He violated the
Colregs. He should've kept clear of the sailboat.
Did you notice how it was reported. Biased like snot in favor of the
motor boat. It said the sailboat collided with the barge. Duh! It was the other
way around 10 to 1!!!! I bet the tow/barge wasn't showing RAM lights/shapes.
That's why you gotta know your rights. People and the reporters will
make you look guilty even when your innocent.

And another thing.....
Was unaware. Duh! What ever happened to keeping a proper lookout? That's strike two!
Probably sleeping. Not the sailboat captain. I mean the tow boat captain and crew.

Cheers,
Ellen

Unaware !
 

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
"Joe" wrote
U.S. Coast Guard | November 29, 2006
Jacksonville, FL. - The Coast Guard has removed a man found on a barge
this morning whose sailing vessel collided with a tug and barge today
at about 5a.m.

Russell Joseph Bolton, 51, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was sailing off
the coast of St. Augustine, Fla., when his 33-foot sailing vessel
collided with a 115-foot barge being towed by the 70-foot Ybor City.
Bolton was able to jump on to the barge before being thrown in the
water.

The crew of the American-flagged Ybor City was unaware that the sailing
vessel collided with their barge and spotted Bolton this morning at
about 10 a.m. The crew of Ybor City thought that Bolton may have been a
stowaway and called Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector
Jacksonville.

The rescue coordinators sent a boarding team to from Coast Guard
Station Mayport, Fla., along with a Customs and Border Protection
officer to board the barge. The Coast Guard boarding team handcuffed
Bolton until they could determine he was not a threat to their safety.


*******s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They should've arrested the captain of the tow boat. He violated the
Colregs. He should've kept clear of the sailboat.
Did you notice how it was reported. Biased like snot in favor of the
motor boat. It said the sailboat collided with the barge. Duh! It was the other
way around 10 to 1!!!! I bet the tow/barge wasn't showing RAM lights/shapes.
That's why you gotta know your rights. People and the reporters will
make you look guilty even when your innocent.

And another thing.....
Was unaware. Duh! What ever happened to keeping a proper lookout? That's strike two!
Probably sleeping. Not the sailboat captain. I mean the tow boat captain and crew.

I'm getting more horrified all the time. Five hours it took them to see somebody
on their barge. So much for keeping a proper lookout. It proves they're negligent.

Cheers,
Ellen

Unaware !
 

Mooron we need you back, please reply to the silly woma-men.


Ellen MacArthur wrote:

"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
"Joe" wrote
U.S. Coast Guard | November 29, 2006
Jacksonville, FL. - The Coast Guard has removed a man found on a barge
this morning whose sailing vessel collided with a tug and barge today
at about 5a.m.

Russell Joseph Bolton, 51, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was sailing off
the coast of St. Augustine, Fla., when his 33-foot sailing vessel
collided with a 115-foot barge being towed by the 70-foot Ybor City.
Bolton was able to jump on to the barge before being thrown in the
water.

The crew of the American-flagged Ybor City was unaware that the sailing
vessel collided with their barge and spotted Bolton this morning at
about 10 a.m. The crew of Ybor City thought that Bolton may have been a
stowaway and called Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector
Jacksonville.

The rescue coordinators sent a boarding team to from Coast Guard
Station Mayport, Fla., along with a Customs and Border Protection
officer to board the barge. The Coast Guard boarding team handcuffed
Bolton until they could determine he was not a threat to their safety.


*******s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They should've arrested the captain of the tow boat. He violated the
Colregs. He should've kept clear of the sailboat.
Did you notice how it was reported. Biased like snot in favor of the
motor boat. It said the sailboat collided with the barge. Duh! It was the other
way around 10 to 1!!!! I bet the tow/barge wasn't showing RAM lights/shapes.
That's why you gotta know your rights. People and the reporters will
make you look guilty even when your innocent.

And another thing.....
Was unaware. Duh! What ever happened to keeping a proper lookout? That's strike two!
Probably sleeping. Not the sailboat captain. I mean the tow boat captain and crew.

I'm getting more horrified all the time. Five hours it took them to see somebody
on their barge. So much for keeping a proper lookout. It proves they're negligent.

Cheers,
Ellen

Unaware !
 

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Joe" wrote
U.S. Coast Guard | November 29, 2006
Jacksonville, FL. - The Coast Guard has removed a man found on a barge
this morning whose sailing vessel collided with a tug and barge today
at about 5a.m.

Russell Joseph Bolton, 51, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was sailing off
the coast of St. Augustine, Fla., when his 33-foot sailing vessel
collided with a 115-foot barge being towed by the 70-foot Ybor City.
Bolton was able to jump on to the barge before being thrown in the
water.

The crew of the American-flagged Ybor City was unaware that the sailing
vessel collided with their barge and spotted Bolton this morning at
about 10 a.m. The crew of Ybor City thought that Bolton may have been a
stowaway and called Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector
Jacksonville.

The rescue coordinators sent a boarding team to from Coast Guard
Station Mayport, Fla., along with a Customs and Border Protection
officer to board the barge. The Coast Guard boarding team handcuffed
Bolton until they could determine he was not a threat to their safety.


*******s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They should've arrested the captain of the tow boat. He violated the
Colregs. He should've kept clear of the sailboat.
Did you notice how it was reported. Biased like snot in favor of the
motor boat. It said the sailboat collided with the barge. Duh! It was the other
way around 10 to 1!!!! I bet the tow/barge wasn't showing RAM lights/shapes.
That's why you gotta know your rights. People and the reporters will
make you look guilty even when your innocent.

Cheers,
Ellen

I did notice it was biased towards faulting the victim. They handcuff
the poor fellow after the towboat sinks his home.

Joe

Unaware !
 

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
"Joe" wrote
U.S. Coast Guard | November 29, 2006
Jacksonville, FL. - The Coast Guard has removed a man found on a barge
this morning whose sailing vessel collided with a tug and barge today
at about 5a.m.

Russell Joseph Bolton, 51, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was sailing off
the coast of St. Augustine, Fla., when his 33-foot sailing vessel
collided with a 115-foot barge being towed by the 70-foot Ybor City.
Bolton was able to jump on to the barge before being thrown in the
water.

The crew of the American-flagged Ybor City was unaware that the sailing
vessel collided with their barge and spotted Bolton this morning at
about 10 a.m. The crew of Ybor City thought that Bolton may have been a
stowaway and called Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector
Jacksonville.

The rescue coordinators sent a boarding team to from Coast Guard
Station Mayport, Fla., along with a Customs and Border Protection
officer to board the barge. The Coast Guard boarding team handcuffed
Bolton until they could determine he was not a threat to their safety.


*******s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They should've arrested the captain of the tow boat. He violated the
Colregs. He should've kept clear of the sailboat.
Did you notice how it was reported. Biased like snot in favor of the
motor boat. It said the sailboat collided with the barge. Duh! It was the other
way around 10 to 1!!!! I bet the tow/barge wasn't showing RAM lights/shapes.
That's why you gotta know your rights. People and the reporters will
make you look guilty even when your innocent.

And another thing.....
Was unaware. Duh! What ever happened to keeping a proper lookout? That's strike two!
Probably sleeping. Not the sailboat captain. I mean the tow boat captain and crew.


Unaware was what I found amazing, hence the title.

Joe

Cheers,
Ellen

Unaware !
 

Ellen MacArthur wrote:
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
"Ellen MacArthur" wrote
"Joe" wrote
U.S. Coast Guard | November 29, 2006
Jacksonville, FL. - The Coast Guard has removed a man found on a barge
this morning whose sailing vessel collided with a tug and barge today
at about 5a.m.

Russell Joseph Bolton, 51, of Green Cove Springs, Fla., was sailing off
the coast of St. Augustine, Fla., when his 33-foot sailing vessel
collided with a 115-foot barge being towed by the 70-foot Ybor City.
Bolton was able to jump on to the barge before being thrown in the
water.

The crew of the American-flagged Ybor City was unaware that the sailing
vessel collided with their barge and spotted Bolton this morning at
about 10 a.m. The crew of Ybor City thought that Bolton may have been a
stowaway and called Coast Guard rescue coordinators at Sector
Jacksonville.

The rescue coordinators sent a boarding team to from Coast Guard
Station Mayport, Fla., along with a Customs and Border Protection
officer to board the barge. The Coast Guard boarding team handcuffed
Bolton until they could determine he was not a threat to their safety.


*******s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They should've arrested the captain of the tow boat. He violated the
Colregs. He should've kept clear of the sailboat.
Did you notice how it was reported. Biased like snot in favor of the
motor boat. It said the sailboat collided with the barge. Duh! It was the other
way around 10 to 1!!!! I bet the tow/barge wasn't showing RAM lights/shapes.
That's why you gotta know your rights. People and the reporters will
make you look guilty even when your innocent.

And another thing.....
Was unaware. Duh! What ever happened to keeping a proper lookout? That's strike two!
Probably sleeping. Not the sailboat captain. I mean the tow boat captain and crew.

I'm getting more horrified all the time. Five hours it took them to see somebody
on their barge. So much for keeping a proper lookout. It proves they're negligent.


I bet the tow company will buy the fellow a new boat and give him
10-50K to shut him up.

Joe
Cheers,
Ellen

Unaware !
 

"Joe" wrote
I did notice it was biased towards faulting the victim. They handcuff
the poor fellow after the towboat sinks his home.


I would've scratched their freaking eyes out....

Cheers,
Ellen

Unaware !
 

"Joe" wrote
Unaware was what I found amazing, hence the title.


Good job, Joe! Did you notice Jeff and Otn have nothing to say about it?
Did you notice too how it's always the motor boat's fault every time there's a
collision? Then reporters act like sailboaters just go around hitting things. Duh!


Cheers,
Ellen