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Mac26X fit for all waters
* Ed Gordon wrote, On 6/10/2007 7:06 PM:
Jeff wrote in .... My issue with this situation is that the boat is marketed to novices, yet requires extra attention to issues that are found on very few other boats. Well, then maybe they should sit down and read the owner's manual. What do you expect? a warning sticker plastered on every part of the boat? No matter how hard you try to think of how people can screw up people can always screw up worse than you think they can. If you had a warning that said don't get drunk and operate this boat, don't put more than six people in it, and so forth you'd just get ignored. If you don't count the little kids you end up with eight adults. That's still two too many. You miss the important issue here. There are very few other boats that would have capsized in this situation. If this had been a keel boat, or if the ballast tank were filled, or if it didn't have a 50hp engine, there would not have been a problem. Would you blame an airplane that crashed because it said it was for four passengers and they crammed eight people in it? The people were not "crammed" onto the Mac. I'm sure that they felt there was plenty of room. A Rhodes 19 would be "crammed," but not a 16 footer. Nope. That would be pilot error. So don't blame the Mac. If you built a boat that was idiot proof it'd be a square room with rubber walls firmly stuck to the ground. Sorry. I prefer boats that do not suddenly roll over when there is no wind or waves. |
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