Accident on the water
 

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ontentID=16065


Experienced skipper, well known anchorage. No known reason yet.

Accident on the water
 

On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:36:27 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
wrote:

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ontentID=16065


Experienced skipper, well known anchorage. No known reason yet.


I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.

Jack

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Jack Dale
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CYA Advanced Cruising Instructor
http://www.swiftsuresailing.com
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Accident on the water
 

Jack Dale wrote:

I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.

Good idea. But, in a case like this, doing so will probably just make
things a little easier for you after. You had a light, you're blameless.
Somebody going fast enough to cause an accident like this in visibility
where they couldn't see a boat the size of the one struck probably isn't
going to see a light either.

I'm sure the blood alcohol level will get published at some point. It would
be interesting to see. Either that or it's a example of why kissing at high
speed is a bad idea. No excuse for hitting a stationary object that big at
night.

--
Roger Long

Accident on the water
 

Roger Long wrote:
Jack Dale wrote:


I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.


Good idea. But, in a case like this, doing so will probably just make
things a little easier for you after. You had a light, you're
blameless. Somebody going fast enough to cause an accident like this in
visibility where they couldn't see a boat the size of the one struck
probably isn't going to see a light either.

I'm sure the blood alcohol level will get published at some point. It
would be interesting to see. Either that or it's a example of why
kissing at high speed is a bad idea. No excuse for hitting a stationary
object that big at night.


Maybe a Phalanx system set to automatically engage anything approaching
at over 10 knots would be the answer.

Accident on the water
 

"Jack Dale" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:36:27 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
wrote:

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ontentID=16065


Experienced skipper, well known anchorage. No known reason yet.


I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.

I also use an anchor light at all times as well as one of the little Davis
lights hanging from the mizzen boom.

Leanne

Accident on the water
 

"Roger Long" wrote in news:XYUfh.3634$D9.2623
@twister.nyroc.rr.com:

No excuse for hitting a stationary object that big at
night.


It's possible in daylight. I bumped into an anchored 300' freighter in the
middle of Charleston Harbor. I was drifting with the current listening to
some music and simply dropped off to sleep over a beanbag. A "bump" woke
me up. I looked straight up to see about 8 smiling, Asian faces laughing
and pointing down at me as my jetboat bumped into their freighter sliding
down the side. They didn't seem to mind I might scratch the RUST...(c;

How embarrassing......(blush)

Maintain a good lookout....all you "single handers".



Larry

Ordered new $59 GA-29 Garmin GPS antenna for the thriftshop GPSMAP 185S for
$33 from Proadvantage.com this afternoon....
It's not a boat shop.
Can you forgive me?

Accident on the water
 

Don White wrote in news:e7Vfh.32357$cz.482669
@ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca:

Maybe a Phalanx system set to automatically engage anything approaching
at over 10 knots would be the answer.



What about the C4-packed sloops?

Can a Phalanx DETECT a C4 packed plastic sloop??

Larry
--
Ordered new $59 GA-29 Garmin GPS antenna for the thriftshop GPSMAP 185S for
$33 from Proadvantage.com this afternoon....
It's not a boat shop.
Can you forgive me?

Accident on the water
 

In article , "Leanne"
wrote:

"Jack Dale" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:36:27 GMT, "Hoges in WA"
wrote:

http://www.thewest.com.au/default.as...ontentID=16065


Experienced skipper, well known anchorage. No known reason yet.


I use my anchor light when I am on a mooring ball. I will now
continue to do so.

I also use an anchor light at all times as well as one of the little Davis
lights hanging from the mizzen boom.

Doubt it would have helped.

--
Jere Lull
Xan-a-Deux ('73 Tanzer 28 #4 out of Tolchester, MD)
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