Why would someone blindly navigate by GPS in a marked channel and run on
the rocks. If you look at Chart 11468 there are R10 and G11 clearly
marking the channel just east of the point where he crashed into the jetty.
krj

POSTED: 11:16 pm EST March 2, 2006
UPDATED: 8:52 am EST March 3, 2006

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard rescued four men whose boat
crashed into the jetty at Government Cut Thursday evening.

Shawn Hamby, of the U.S. Coast Guard, said the 23-foot vessel apparently
went airborne and landed on the rocks. The Coast Guard responded within
six minutes of the crash.

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"The vessel was up on the rocks and was tilted (vertically)," Hamby said.

The Coast Guard said the captain of the boat misread his GPS
navigational device and crashed into the north side of the jetty while
trying to enter Government Cut.

"I can't honestly say (how fast they were going). They were going fast
enough to get up on the rocks. That's all I can say," Hamby said.

One of the two boaters who were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital had
facial injuries.

"He had an eye injury, and it really just wasn't good," Hamby said.

The two men who were taken to the hospital were in stable condition
Thursday evening.

Miami-Dade County police and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Commission were investigating how the crash occurred.

Coast Guard officials said the men did not appear to be intoxicated, NBC
6's Tom Llamas reported.