"Tim" wrote in message
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On Nov 28, 7:55 pm, "Califbill" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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On Nov 27, 10:23 pm, T. Keating wrote:









On Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:44:02 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:
On Nov 27, 12:06 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/...fter-dive-boat...

The power of a large breaking wave is not to be under estimated.

Wow. A 45 footer! Wayne was it a rogue wave or could they have
detected it coming?

There was a small craft advisory out that day.. (7 to 9 feet seas)..

The winds were shifting from the NW to N. @16-18mph.. gusts to 23
mph.. right around the time of capsizing..

http://www.wunderground.com/history/...1/22/DailyHist...
(airport ~1mile west of inlet.. )

That inlet can be a real pain, today, I navigated it with an outgoing
tide and winds
driving waves (the exact opposite direction) into the inlet. Took a
real
beating, but had
no choice other than taking 6 to 7 foot closely spaced waves head on..
(very little room
for maneuver in that inlet)..

Glad you made it though ok. I was wondering if there was a technology
that could give any kid of warning that waves like that could be upon
them. And if so, I would think that a 45 foot commercial vessel would
have been equipped with such. but maybe not.

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Some people are bound to do stupid. A couple weeks ago, a 23' boat
capsized
entering Tomales Bay. Entrance can be a killer. Has wind funneled by
Point
Reyes, and can have breaking waves, and really breaking waves. Someone
said
this boat actually went end for end and not sideways. But unbelievable
luck
was with them as there were 2 young kids in the cabin and were trapped for
2
hours upside down before being rescued. No one died. As to commercial,
they do stupid also. Guy I knew ran a party boat and killed a few people.
He used to fish locally to San Francisco where I knew
him.http://www.katu.com/news/local/7585417.html


"A federal judge sentenced Richard Oba on Friday to six years in
prison for three deaths after his charter tuna boat capsized near
Winchester Bay in September 2005.

The sentence imposed by U.S. District Judge Ancer Haggerty went beyond
the recommended federal guidelines of about 3½ to 4 years after
Haggerty determined that Oba had been reckless.

The government had sought about 3½ years..."


Dooood! Man , they fried him!


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I do not know if it was really excessive. But what was actually gained by
an extra 3 years? Except for filling the prison and costing the taxpayers a
lot more money.